Asymmetric Defense: Using Your Home Field Advantage
May 28, 2014
Brian Wohlwinder
ASYMMETRIC DEFENSE
Home Field Advantage
Using your Home Field Advantage
• Understand and define your environment
• Study your opposition
• Proactive Defense
Your Environment
Team– Tactical skills– Strategically focused
Knowledge– System of systems
Plan– Response actions
Event Relativity
White Noise
Informative
Indicative
Who is your opponent?
Threat to target mapping– Depends on what you have…– patient, determined and smart
Focus efforts– Try to protect everything and you protect nothing
Monitor what is leaving your network– Easier said than done
Proactive Defense
Proactive defense– The fun part
Go hunting
Do this smartly
Using your Home Field Advantage
Understand your environment
Study your opposition
Proactive Defense
Own it
Become a rock star!
…it really is that easy.
THANK YOU.
Brian Wohlwinder
Senior Threat Researcher
General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions
www.FidelisSecurity.com www.ThreatGeek.com
