The term “Left of Boom” was made popular in 2007 in reference to the U.S. military combating improvised explosive devices (IEDs) used by insurgents in Afghanistan and Iraq. The U.S. military spent billions of dollars developing technology and tactics to prevent and detect IEDs before detonation, with a goal of disrupting the bomb chain. This is an analog to cybersecurity as we strive to increase the incident prevention capabilities of our security tools and where we can’t prevent attacks, augment prevention with incident detection and response tools. If you feel that you don’t have the cybersecurity evidence to know, empirically, what’s working, what’s not, how to fix it, how to verify the fix worked, and how to make sure it stays working across your security tools, your people, and the processes they follow, this presentation is for you. This presentation will demonstrate automated methods to mitigate these problems. It will identify approaches that you can apply to improve the effectiveness of your security tools, security teams, and processes. Following this presentation, you’ll be able to develop your own strategy to get “left of boom.”

Ted Corbeill is the Senior Manager, Sales Enablement Programs at Verodin. He is a retired Marine Corps Intelligence Officer who is adapting military best practices to improve cybersecurity effectiveness. Additionally, he is leveraging his military experience to build and lead innovative sales enablement programs to drive revenue growth through data-driven insights, business innovation, and collaboration. Prior to joining Verodin, Ted built sales enablement programs for DXC Technology and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

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