Signatures, Signatures, and even more Signatures!
11Digital signatures (based upon strong cryptographic fundamentals) often take on a very different meaning and use, depending on who one talks to. While there has been a general push toward the increased usage of digital signatures, the full breadth of their power and capability often remain unknown.
In this one-hour webcast we will provide a brief over of the cryptographic systems that can be leveraged to create digital signatures and why we want to use these signatures (their importance). We will discuss the more common uses (such as digitally signed email) and then move into more recent examples of the power of digital signatures in areas such as DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) as well as incident detection and response. Finally, we will conclude with a short discussion on how better to leverage the increasing power of digital signatures as a part of a robust information security program.
Speaker Bio
Bryan Simon is a SANS Senior Instructor and lead author of SEC401: Security Essentials Bootcamp Style, as well as an internationally recognized expert in cybersecurity since 1991. He’s currently the president and CEO of Xploit Security Inc, a company that provides expert advice, guidance, and actionable intelligence to all levels of the public and private sectors. Over the course of his career, Bryan has held various technical and managerial positions in the education, environmental, accounting, and financial services sectors. He speaks on a regular basis at international conferences and with the press on matters of cybersecurity. Bryan has provided instruction to individuals from organizations such as the FBI, NATO, and the UN in matters of cybersecurity, on three continents.