CLOSING KEYNOTE: Systems Alchemy: The Transmutation of Hacking

Date

August 25, 2023

Time

17:30

Track

Track 1

Everywhere we look we find complex systems creating, enabling, controlling and shaping the fabric of modern life. The critical infrastructure of society is dependent on systems, mostly privately owned, that have same the inherent problems of all complex systems.

In this keynote we examine the properties of systems and how understanding them creates new opportunities for hacking. Adopting systems thinking allows hackers to target and manipulate everything from critical social infrastructure to the very physics of cyberspace.

THE CLOSING KEYNOTE IS OPEN TO ALL ATTENDEES INCLUDING COMMSEC TRACK REGISTRANTS

The Grugq

Cyber Security Pioneer

Counter Forensics

Thaddeus Grugq (thegrugq) has been a cybersecurity pioneer for over two decades. His early work created the field of counter forensics. Grugq was actively involved in the information warfare campaign of 2016. More recently he has been managing The Glasshouse Center, a cyber strategy and policy forum examining the nature of cyber conflict. Grugq has been quoted on cybersecurity in The Washington Post, The New York Times, BBC, Vice News, and numerous other news media.

The Grugq’s work is taught in college courses. It has been cited extensively in journals, articles, think tank papers, and government reports. Grugq’s writing is available across multiple sites: medium.com/@thegrugq, gru.gq, grugq.github.io, and Phrack Magazine issues #58 #59, and #62.