Sprinkled among all of the workshops and events during Black Hat 2016, there are various briefings and speakers scheduled, with a variety of topics focused on cybersecurity to choose from. Bringing his specialized perspective to Black Hat is Comodo’s own Dr. Kenneth Geers, Senior Research Scientist.
As one of the notable speakers at the conference, Geers is also participating in a news-desk style live streaming interview with Dark Reading.
Although he has a broad background in intelligence, most recently, Geers has seen firsthand issues with malware and hacking in the Ukraine. His briefing, titled “Cyber War in Perspective: Analysis from the Crisis in Ukraine,” touches on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, particularly relevant at the Black Hat conference now that NATO has officially recognized cyberspace as a domain of war. Russia and cybercrime in general are likely to be a big topic at the gathering this year due to the cyberattacks on the Democratic National Committee, allegedly perpetrated by Russian hackers.
Geers joins Comodo as we are growing our staff, increasing our influence and expanding our solutions and products as we strive to not only fight malware but eradicate it entirely.
“Increasingly, we see enterprises and individuals threatened in one capacity or another because of pervasive malware, ransomware and cybercrime in general,” said John Peterson, Comodo’s VP of Enterprise Product Management and Marketing. “As we grow Comodo, we expand our potential to effectively eradicate these types of threats. Our “Join The Fight” campaign is taking off, and we are looking forward to further indoctrinating the cybersecurity world to completely prevent cybercrime.”
