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The #defcon32 presentations are now live and available for your perusal on the #DEFCON media server, free of all commercials, data capture or pesky algorithms. We suggest clearing some disk space and personal time this weekend to snatch up some of the many, many jewels our speakers dropped in Las Vegas. While you’re on https://media.defcon.org you can also find the slide decks, a ton of pictures and even the DC32 soundtrack. Enjoy, learn a few things and #passiton. We’ll be posting the videos on YouTube Monday. #sharingiscaring #hacking #infosec #security https://lnkd.in/gxGHKvtS

Thank you to all the Goons who made DEF CON 32 possible this year!

Interested in hearing more about what policy related stuff you can expect to see at DEF CON 32? Checkout our Policy@DEFCON 32 video primer. Special thanks to Harley Geiger for the LOLs. ?? https://lnkd.in/edJ9-3UN

We are still in need of a few helpers this year onsite. If you are interested in helping out Policy@DEFCON and will be onsite, we need some help with things like set-up, tear-down, crowd management, room hosts and floaters. https://lnkd.in/eZrKmNiZ

There are three different clocks running right now. The first Clock is the Clock of Uncertainty, and it runs from now until the US presidential election, November 5th 2024. The second clock is the Clock of Certainty, and it starts running once the first clock ends. We have an elected President, but they are not sworn in yet and can't exercise the power vested in their position until they are sworn in. The third clock is the clock of power, and starts January 20, 2025 at noon when the new president is sworn in. My question is, do you do anything differently during these three clock periods? What specifically? Because if you don't it's as if they don't exist, and you should stop stressing out. The Clock of Uncertainty lasts the longest and involves the most speculation. Who is running? Who will win? What will it mean to me and my family, my job, the future of the economy? What will it mean for our allies and enemies? This period also gives you the most flexibility to decide what to do and to prepare because it is the longest and fewer people feel the need to act now. If you think the election would make you want to move, then get your place ready for sale now. Update your resume and complete any certifications you are working on. If you decide not to then you have a cleaner house and a better resume. Donate to your political parties and causes of choice. Get involved where your energy will be most productive. The Clock of Certainty really kicks off the action! What does it mean for your civil rights? Financial markets will speculate, big money flows will happen. What does it mean for US foreign policy? Commit to any plans you made during the first clock. The future starts becoming clear, and unless you did some thinking during the first clock you are going to think time sped up and it's all happening at once. Finally the Clock of Power is the beginning of the "New Normal" for whoever wins. It's all about adapting to the new environment, to see what the candidate does vs. what they say. One friend pointed out there is no clock of Certainty. Both parties and Super PACs will contest the election results, sue each other, and keep running the first clock until it runs into the Clock of Power on January 20. Only once someone is sworn in the Clock of Uncertainty will finally stop. Finally another friend pointed out there is a fourth clock, the clock of our adversaries, and it will begins once the first one ends. It's when countries will want to test the new President. What can they get away with? What will the US stand up for, and when will they act or back away? My concern here is that Iran, Russia, North Korea, China, whoever, are all going to want to figure it out at the same time. I'm not sure there is an international sequencing method where they all take turns. I wrote this because I'm curious how people think about these different clocks, and what you might plan to do differently during each one of them.

We are still in need of a few helpers this year onsite. If you are interested in helping out Policy@DEFCON and will be onsite, we need some help with things like set-up, tear-down, crowd management, room hosts and floaters. https://lnkd.in/eZrKmNiZ

?? Hit play on our latest recap BIC Village @ DEF CON 31 ! Journey through the highlights & laughter! ??? ?? Full Video: https://lnkd.in/eSfTJVXu ?? BIC Village @ DEF CON 32 Call For Papers can be found here: https://lnkd.in/ddmUnsz ?? Village Link: https://lnkd.in/e9GduMF #DEFCON #DEFCON32 #BIC_Village #BIC_CTF #BadgeLife #LitLikeBIC

We are happy to announce four unique training courses offered at #blackhat and #defcon this summer in Las Vegas. Please consider joining us. Early bird rates still available. Information Operations: Influence, Exploit and Counter? Black Hat, 3-4 August Overt and covert information operations are ongoing now, ignore them at your own and your enterprise's peril. Learn how state and non-state actors operate and how you can defend.? https://lnkd.in/eiaKQwMt Military Strategy and Tactics for Cybersecurity? Black Hat, 5-6 August If you are going to face-off against state cyber armies you should learn to operate like one. https://lnkd.in/ejvVUp34 Hacking Bureaucracy? Black Hat, 5-6 August Learn techniques for bending complex organizational systems to your will. https://lnkd.in/e89F95Xr Adversarial Thinking - The Art of Dangerous Ideas DEF CON Training, 12 -13 August Learn to see technology as it truly is, not as it was meant to be, and ways to discover possibilities that were never intended in the first place. https://lnkd.in/egar5dak #bhusa #defcontraining #hackersummercamp? Black Hat DEF CON Kopidion

Here’s what went on: Day 2 at Milipol Asia-Pacific - TechX Summit 2024! ?? TechX Summit: Government officials, industry leaders, and academia came together to discuss strategies using science, technology and #AI to overcome homeland security operational challenges in securing borders, solving cybercrimes, and fostering innovation. “There’s something humans have that AI doesn’t, and something AI has that humans don’t. Therefore, there’s a need to work together with AI.” Jeff Moss, President of DEF CON Communications, Inc. ?? Over at the HTX Pavilion, our Hatch team and partners demonstrated the disruptive power of startups, how to unlock the potential of dual-use technologies, and foster global #collaboration at the seeding innovations area in the #HTXsg booth! ?? An AI-Capture the Flag 2024 training and competition co-organized by HTX and SANS Institute, saw top three winners representing National University of Singapore, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), and Ensign InfoSecurity. Don’t miss our final day of exciting activities brought to you by TechX Ventures Pte. Ltd. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gPTT8KND #HTXsg #HTScienceandTech #TXS2024