In this talk, I will present the different elements that make an attack successful. We will delve into the details of each elements and discuss how each contribute to the success of an attack. The aim of which is to identify how mitigate each element to render the attack a failure.

Bio: Christopher Elisan is a published author and a seasoned reverse engineer and malware researcher. He is the Principal Malware Scientist at RSA and leads the Malware Intelligence Team. Elisan started his career at Trend Micro and is one of the pioneers of TrendLabs, where he held multiple technical and managerial positions. After Trend, he led and established F-Secure’s Asia R&D where he spearheaded multiple security research projects. He then joined Damballa where he specialized in malware research, analysis and reversing. Elisan frequently speaks at various security conferences across the globe and provides expert opinion about malware, botnets and advance persistent threats for leading industry and mainstream publications.

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