Join us at Tramshed Tech for a live hack with Damon Rands, the CEO of cyber security experts Wolfberry.What this event will coverAccording to the FBI, phishing was the most common type of cybercrime in 2020 with incidents nearly doubled in frequency, from almost 115k incidents in 2019, to over 241k incidents in 2020.What is phishing? Phishing is a technique used by cyber criminals to try and obtain sensitive information from an organisation, this could be usernames, passwords, financial information etc or access to the company networks.Due to the low cost, phishing attacks are usually sent via email campaign and contain malicious attachments or links for users to engage with. It only takes one click to give cyber criminals access to your systems.How can you protect your businesses from cybercrime?Wolfberry have recently been crowned “Most Innovative Cyber Security Company in the UK”, “Best International Cyber Security Consultancy Firm in the UK” and named as the highest placed cyber security organisation within the WalesTech50 awards.We've invited CEO Damon Rands and his team to perform a live hack, against a fictitious company, to demonstrate how publicly available information can be used to target specific users and services used by the business. This attack will demonstrate the risks of information disclosure, supply chain management and vetting, as well as good practice email security and filtering techniques.The attack will conclude with the organisation being breached using common real-world methods; resulting in sensitive information being made public, inaccessible or un-trustable. The team will then open up to questions where they can offer advice and expertise on how best to protect your business from this kind of cybercrime.*This is a hybrid event, available to stream via Tramshed Tech's Youtube channel or you can join us in-person at Tramshed Tech. If you're attending in-person, join us from 5.30pm for arrival drinks. The event will be streamed via Youtube from 6pm.Agenda5:30pm: Arrival and drinks6:00pm: Live Hack Demo with Damon Rands6:30pm: Q & A6:45pm: Pizza and networking7:30pm: EndAbout the speakerDamon Rands CISSP is an experienced cyber security expert, with over 30 years in the information technology industry. Having worked in development, support and installation he has helped companies across the United Kingdom build secure systems and implement best practices to protect their intellectual property and private information. Wolfberry now has a global reach and Damon spends his time helping organisations defend themselves from the cyber threat.Damon is also a member of several advisory boards across education and government, helping shape the resilience and education standards for the nation.Sign up here.
What this event will cover
According to the FBI, phishing was the most common type of cybercrime in 2020 with incidents nearly doubled in frequency, from almost 115k incidents in 2019, to over 241k incidents in 2020.
What is phishing? Phishing is a technique used by cyber criminals to try and obtain sensitive information from an organisation, this could be usernames, passwords, financial information etc or access to the company networks.
Due to the low cost, phishing attacks are usually sent via email campaign and contain malicious attachments or links for users to engage with. It only takes one click to give cyber criminals access to your systems.
How can you protect your businesses from cybercrime?
Wolfberry have recently been crowned “Most Innovative Cyber Security Company in the UK”, “Best International Cyber Security Consultancy Firm in the UK” and named as the highest placed cyber security organisation within the WalesTech50 awards.
We've invited CEO Damon Rands and his team to perform a live hack, against a fictitious company, to demonstrate how publicly available information can be used to target specific users and services used by the business. This attack will demonstrate the risks of information disclosure, supply chain management and vetting, as well as good practice email security and filtering techniques.
The attack will conclude with the organisation being breached using common real-world methods; resulting in sensitive information being made public, inaccessible or un-trustable. The team will then open up to questions where they can offer advice and expertise on how best to protect your business from this kind of cybercrime.
*This is a hybrid event, available to stream via Tramshed Tech's Youtube channel or you can join us in-person at Tramshed Tech. If you're attending in-person, join us from 5.30pm for arrival drinks. The event will be streamed via Youtube from 6pm.
Agenda
5:30pm: Arrival and drinks
6:00pm: Live Hack Demo with Damon Rands
6:30pm: Q & A
6:45pm: Pizza and networking
7:30pm: End
About the speaker
Damon Rands CISSP is an experienced cyber security expert, with over 30 years in the information technology industry. Having worked in development, support and installation he has helped companies across the United Kingdom build secure systems and implement best practices to protect their intellectual property and private information. Wolfberry now has a global reach and Damon spends his time helping organisations defend themselves from the cyber threat.
Damon is also a member of several advisory boards across education and government, helping shape the resilience and education standards for the nation.
Sign up here.