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SANS Community Nights are a great way to stay in touch with your local InfoSec community and to hear the latest in technical wizardry, industry intelligence, and thought leadership from our amazing instructors.
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InterContinental AdelaideNorth Terrace Adelaide,
South Australia 5000 Australia
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Thursday, March 20th, 2025
17:30 pm – 18:00 pm
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18:00 pm - 19:00 pm
Presentation - Empowering a modern SOC with AI: practical use cases with SANS Principal Instructor Maxim Deweerdt
19:15 pm - 20:15 pm
Presentation - Wiping Media in (Anti-)Forensics: Exploring Hard Drive Erasure Methods for DFIR with SANS Instructor Seth Enoka
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Abstracts:
Empowering a modern SOC with AI: practical use cases
Our ever-growing digital age brings sophisticated cyber threats, challenging traditional security operations centers (SOCs) with alert fatigue and data overload. This presentation explores the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in modern SOCs, focusing on its application to improve threat detection, automate incident responses, and enable predictive analytics for a proactive defense strategy. Maxim will show practical use cases, designed to help analysts work smarter and spark ideas to recreate in your environment!
Wiping Media in (Anti-)Forensics: Exploring Hard Drive Erasure Methods for DFIR
Hard drive wiping plays a critical role in digital forensics and incident response (DFIR), serving as both a legitimate method for ensuring data security and a potential anti-forensic tactic for concealing malicious activities. This presentation delves into the techniques, tools, and implications of hard drive erasure from both perspectives. We'll begin by examining the fundamentals of data wiping, comparing commonly used methods such as overwriting and physical destruction, along with their respective advantages and limitations. Shifting focus to anti-forensics, we'll discuss how cyber adversaries exploit these tools and techniques to evade detection and hinder investigations. Case studies and real-world examples will illustrate the challenges faced by forensic professionals in detecting and mitigating these tactics. Finally, the presentation will highlight strategies to counteract anti-forensic activities, such as proactive monitoring and advanced forensic analysis techniques, emphasising the importance of balancing data security with forensic readiness. This talk provides insights for DFIR practitioners, helping navigate secure data erasure and anti-forensic threats.