ISSessions

Hey everyone

We hope everyone’s exams went well!! We have an incredible meeting for everyone this Thursday. A little holiday gift for you all!

AGENDA

7:00 – Kick-Off
7:05 – News Round-Up
7:30 – ISS Jeopardy
8:00 – Break
8:05 – Building a Home Lab

About Neil

Neil Desai is a Principal Security Strategist for Elastic. He has over two decades of information security experience. In past roles, he built Security Operations Centers (SOCs) and architected defensible and monitorable infrastructures for Fortune 500 US financial institutions. Outside of work he was a part of 1@stPlace, winners of DEFCON’s CTF in 2006 and 2007, and is a current member of C3X (https://www.thec3x.com/).

Building a Home Lab

Do you want to build a home lab? Let’s talk about labs, equipment, options, and benefits. Labs can get expensive and a bit crazy (https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/). Labs are not meant to be holistic, they serve a purpose to learn a specific skill set so we will see how we can match our lab build to our skills.

We hope to see you all there!

– ISSessions Executive Team

Hey everyone

We hope you are all doing excellent and school is going well for the students out there . We do have a few of quick announcements:

Python Workshop

Python is becoming more popular every year – and not without reason. It’s flexibility, ease-of-use, modularity and countless other factors are what make it such a powerful and diverse programming language. If you haven’t had the pleasure of using it yet, here’s your chance! On Sunday, December 5th at 2PM EST, ISSessions brings to you our Python Workshop presented by the Content Team. See first hand why Python is such an incredible tool to use as you learn the theory and practice behind the language. We will go through a brief introduction to what Python is, basic syntax and functions, classes & objects, exceptions, file input & output and the packages & PIP system!

Hope to see you there. Please ensure to sign-up via the below link.

Sign-up Here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/python-wokshop-tickets-220060164877

Hey everyone

This Thursday, November 25th at 7pm, we will be introducing you to the world of entrepreneurship in cybersecurity as well as revisiting the talk on defense evasion by Milos Stojadinovic. But first we have a very important announcement:

CyberSci Selections

The following teams have been selected to represent Sheridan College in the next CyberSci competition which will take place on January 15, 2022.

Team A:

• Jackson Gorny
• Muhammad Khan
• Cristian Di Bartolomeo
• Pablo Picazo

Team B:

• Connor Laidlaw
• Minh Giang
• Kyle Doucette
• Luca Di Bartolomeo

Congratulations! We are all rooting for you !! Now, back to the agenda (literally)…

AGENDA

7:00 – Kick-Off
7:05 – News Round-Up
7:30 – Cybersecurity Entrepreneurship in Brampton
8:00 – Break
8:10 – Defense Evasion: Endpoint Detection & Response

About Milos

Milos Stojadinovic has been working in the cyber security industry for over a decade. He is currently the Senior Director of Adversary Emulation, Threat Hunting, and Digital Development at RBC. In previous roles, Milos has worked with a number of consultancies delivering various security services to a broad variety of customers in numerous verticals. While Milos specializes in offensive cyber security, he has previously worked in the spaces of Threat Risk Assessment, PCI / PA DSS compliance, code reviews, and security architecture. Milos is also a graduate of Sheridan’s BAISc program; having also taught in the program in a part-time capacity. Milos enjoys speaking events and giving back to the community through engagement and education.

Defense Evasion: Endpoint Detection & Response

Mature organizations are deploying EDR solutions within their environments; both at scale and in high velocity. While not a replacement to traditional AV, these solutions are far more effective at providing situational awareness and endpoint visibility. EDR often presents material barriers to offensive operators; with increased focus on OPSEC and dynamic detection logic driving behavioural uncertainty. We will analyze the anatomy of EDR implementations and introduce both pragmatic and conceptual approaches to successfully evading these solutions within the context of real-world breach simulation exercises.

NB: This segment will not be recorded/uploaded/streamed to YouTube. So, make sure you tune in live!!

Can’t wait to see @everyone there!

-ISSessions Exec Team