Blue Team Village at DEF CON 32

Carson Zimmerman

Carson Zimmerman has been working in and around security operations centers (SOCs) for over 20 years. In his current role at Ardalyst, Carson helps clients transform uncertainty into understanding in their digital landscape. In his previous role at Microsoft, Carson led the investigations team responsible for defending the M365 platform and ecosystem. His experiences as a SOC analyst, engineer, and architect led Carson to author Ten Strategies of a World-Class Cybersecurity Operations Center, and co-authored its second edition, Eleven Strategies… which may be downloaded for free at mitre.org/11Strategies.


Sessions

08-10
15:00
60min
Hot SOC Topics for 2024: Feel the Spice!
Carson Zimmerman, Russ McRee, Enoch Long, Eric Lippart

Come hear 4 SOC veterans discuss some of the most challenging topics in security operations today. Carson Zimmerman is joined by SOC industry veterans Eric Lippart, Enoch Long, and Russ McRee. With a total of over 80 years of SOC experience, we cut the buzzword bingo and get real. With a total of over a century of SOC experience, we cut the buzzword bingo and get real. This year, we’ll be discussing topics like: resolving conflict with network and IT ops, what value are people really getting out of LLMs, how to get value with threat intel beyond IOC matching, and more! We will be doing live, real-time polling of the audience. We will also take your spicy questions!

Track 1: Presentations & Panels (LVCC W310)