Security BSides San Francisco Courses

Getting Started - Help Me Help You

Practical guidance on initial steps to take during a cybersecurity incident, including data collection, communication strategies, and common pitfalls to avoid when responding to a breach.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Student Surveillance - How Hackers Can Help Protect Student Privacy

Explore how educational technologies impact student privacy, examining the risks of data-intensive tools in classrooms and discussing ways hackers can help protect students' personal information.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Securing the Hastily Formed Network - Infosec for Disaster Relief and Emergency Response

Explore security challenges and solutions for emergency response networks, from Hurricane Katrina to the Ebola crisis. Learn how to protect vital connectivity in disaster zones.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

How to Lie with Statistics - Information Security Edition

Uncover deceptive statistical practices in information security reports. Learn to identify manipulated data, misleading charts, and logical fallacies to critically evaluate security-related statistics and research findings.

• YouTube
• 54 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Intrusion Detection in the Clouds

Explore cloud-based intrusion detection strategies for shared hosting environments, addressing security challenges and implementing effective monitoring solutions.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Lessons Learned from Building and Running MHN, the World's Largest Crowd-sourced Honeynet

Explore insights from building the world's largest crowdsourced honeynet. Learn about deploying diverse honeypots globally, analyzing security data, and creating a distributed sensor network for tracking threats.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Collective Action Problems in Cybersecurity

Explore collective action challenges in cybersecurity with Allan Friedman, examining strategies for improved collaboration and shared responsibility in addressing digital threats.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

HIPAA 2015 - Wrath of the Audits

Explore HIPAA compliance strategies, focusing on IT and Legal collaboration, documentation, and security risk assessment to prepare for increased federal audits and protect health information.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

F-ck These Guys - Practical Counter Surveillance

Practical strategies for protecting online privacy and resisting mass surveillance through encryption and privacy technologies. Learn to safeguard your digital rights and opt out of bulk data collection.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

How SecOps Can Convince DevOps To Believe In The Bogeyman

Discover strategies for bridging the gap between security and development teams, fostering a collaborative approach to cybersecurity in organizations.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Human Hunting

Explores the importance of human-driven cybersecurity analysis over automated tools, emphasizing the need for skilled analysts to detect and counter human adversaries effectively in information security.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ask the EFF

Explore digital civil liberties with EFF experts, covering surveillance, intellectual property, privacy, and security research. Gain insights on law and technology issues through Q&A.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Hacker or Criminal - Repairing the Reputation of the Infosec Community

Explores strategies to improve public perception of the infosec community, addressing misconceptions and highlighting positive contributions through effective media engagement and reputation management.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

GitReview - All Git Commits are Reviewed

Explore GitReview, a lightweight GitHub overlay for auditing repositories while maintaining developer flexibility and ensuring security, peer review, and approval.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

DNS Spikes, Strikes, and The Like

Explore DNS query patterns to identify potential threats using unsupervised learning methods. Learn to analyze traffic trends and distinguish malicious domains from benign spikes.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk