Community Cyber-Attacks, Simulations and Cooperation

Michael Figueroa, executive director of the Advanced Cyber Security Center (ACSC), talks about aspects of red team operations and, more specifically, the ACSC's first collaborative defense simulation — an event that brought together 20 member teams and 100 participants to explore the challenges that organizations face when responding to large-scale cyber-attacks and the opportunity to address those challenges through cooperation.

This video covers these questions and more:

- How did you get started in computers and security? (2:20)
- How did your path transition from standard security operations into more offensive programs like Red Teaming? (4:50)
- Tell us about the Advanced Cyber Security Center Defense Simulation from last September. (9:05)
- How was the exercise executed? (11:25)
- Can you walk us through the minute-by-minute methodology of what's happening in the simulation? (13:50)
- What is the scale of the attack being undertaken? (20:20)
- What were the results of your findings? (22:50)
- What are some of the common methodologies that your Red Teams employed? (25:50)
- Is the physical aspect of Red Teaming still relevant or is that over-reported? (28:55)
- What's the future of the Collaborate Defense Simulation? (31:25)

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