Security Myths Exposed
SkyDogCon 2012
Marcus Carey
The mission of the talk is to debunk information security myths. Many have
speculated that some aspects of information security are myths. People ask: “Is
information security a myth?”, “Is this product bogus?, “Is my antivirus really
that awesome?”, or “Does the dark side have cookies?”. All will be revealed at
this talk.
Marcus J. Carey is a Security Researcher at Rapid7 with the Metasploit
Engineering team. Marcus is well known for being a compulsive mentor in the
information security community. Marcus has more than 18 years of experience in
the information security field, working in the military, federal, and private
sectors. Marcus served more than 8 years active duty in the U.S. Navy
Cryptologic Security Group. Marcus ended his naval service by being assigned to
the National Security Agency (NSA) where he engineered, monitored, and defended
the Department of Defense's secure networks. Marcus earned a Master of Science
in Network Security from Capitol College in Laurel, Maryland.
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