My Journey into Cybersecurity
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From the speaker Kyle Sparrow (Synopsys).
This talk will cover how I started my cyber security career from knowing very little, and what I’ve learned about the industry in my two years of work. Also there will be two demos for shock and awe purposes.
Intro ( 5 minutes )
- Title Slide
- Bio
How I got Started (5 minutes)
- What shifted my focus from EE
- What were my goals going to be in this field
- How I reached those goals
What Do I Even Do ( 5 minutes )
- Daily Basis
- What sectors of security do I touch
- How and when to thinks about security in your projects
Future paths ( 5 minutes )
- Going horizontally to learn other sectors
- Switching tech fields
Demo #1 ( 10 minutes )
- Juice shop (vulnerable webapp) walkthrough
Demo #2 ( 15 minutes )
- Hackthebox (vulnerable VM hosted on public network) walkthrough
Questions ( 5 minutes)
Date and Time
Location
Hosts
Registration
- Date: 15 Oct 2019
- Time: 05:00 PM to 06:30 PM
- All times are (GMT-06:00) US/Central
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- 200 Union Street SE
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- United States 55455
- Building: Keller Hall
- Room Number: 3-115
- Click here for Map
- Starts 21 July 2019 09:00 AM
- Ends 15 October 2019 08:00 PM
- All times are (GMT-06:00) US/Central
- No Admission Charge
Speakers
Kyle Sparrow of Synopsys
My Journey into Cybersecurity
Kyle grew up in Houston, Texas and got his bachelors in Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University. He moved to the Twin Cities in 2017 and began working as a penetration tester at Synopsys. He has performed penetration tests on web apps, networks, and embedded devices. He semi-regularly competes on hackthebox, and other various platforms. Other hobbies that don’t include a screen are lock picking (obligatory), biking, boardgames.
Agenda
5:00 Food
5:10 Welcome and Intro to Speaker
6:30 Event End