Running since June 2013, every month we have 1-2 talks focused on Security or Technology – All people with any sort of an interest or level of knowledge in Security, Hacking and Emerging Technology are more than welcome to attend and feel free to bring like minded colleagues and friends.
Doors open at 19:00 with talks starting at 19:15. Talks below:
TALK 1: Threats to cybersecurity careers by Owen O’Connor
In cybersecurity we think deeply about threats to systems, information, and organisations – but not about our own careers. For us as individuals, our careers are of huge value: tactically important to pay our bills, and clearly strategic long-term. But what is our threat model for a career, how do we monitor threats, how do we respond?
This talk will stand back from cybersecurity work to think about whole careers. I’ll outline the academic idea of “sustainable careers” and look at how that maps to our world. We’ll then explore particular threats identified by security practitioners: the factors that might derail a career or harm that idea of career sustainability. This is based on work-in-progress for a PhD at UCD, hopefully leading to a better understanding of cybersecurity career threats and how to mitigate them.
TALK 2: The meaning of AISOC (AI-Augmented SOC, Agentic SOC) by Nnamdi Okonkwo
What does an AI-Augmented “Agentic” SOC actually look like in practice? I’ll show a lightweight AISOC built on AWS with a real reverse-shell simulation, ELK-based telemetry, and a simple fusion model that combines malware and log signals into actionable tiers (NORMAL / SUSPICIOUS / HIGH-CONFIDENCE ATTACK). We’ll cover what works today, caveats, and a pragmatic roadmap.