Erich Kron

Security Awareness Advocate
KnowBe4

Erich Kron, Security Awareness Advocate at KnowBe4, is a veteran information security professional with over 18 years’ experience in the medical, aerospace manufacturing and defense fields. He is the former security manager for the 2nd Regional Cyber Center-Western Hemisphere and holds CISSP, CISSP-ISSAP, MCITP, CCENT and ITIL v3 certifications, among others. He has managed the technical integration and functional testing of multi-million-dollar enterprise level technology projects within the Department of Defense, as well as large military security programs. Erich has worked with information security professionals around the world to provide the tools, training and educational opportunities to succeed in the InfoSec industry

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Day One: Sunday, May 19, 2019

Sunday, May 19th, 2019

3:00 PM Human Deception Problem: Understanding and Defending Against Social Engineering Attacks

The most successful method of cyber-attacks continues to be phishing. These attacks cost organizations millions of dollars each year and things are just getting worse. As these attacks intensify and become more refined, technology is failing to keep up and your users will continue to fall prey. To effectively defend yourself against this, you have to understand how the attacks work, including the psychological triggers and tricks the attackers are using. This session will explore the different levers that social engineers and scam artists pull to make your users more likely to do their bidding.

Join Erich Kron CISSP, Security Awareness Advocate at KnowBe4, as he provides fun and engaging examples of mental manipulation in everyday life: from the tactics used by common criminals, to sophisticated social engineering and online scams. Additionally, he'll look at how you can ethically use the very same levers when educating your users.

Key Takeaways:

The Perception vs. Reality Dilemma
Understanding the OODA (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) Loop
How social engineers and scam artists achieve their goals by subverting critical thinking steps
How you can defend your organization and create your human