Welcome! Dr. David Raymond, the Virginia Cyber Range's Director, will introduce Dr. S. David Wu, GMU's Provost and Executive Vice President, who will welcome all attendees to the campus of George Mason University. Dr. Raymond will provide an overview of the conference and let attendees know what to expect in the next 2 days.
Dr. David Raymond serves as Director of the Virginia Cyber Range and Deputy Director of Virginia Tech’s IT Security Office and Lab. He also teaches courses on networking and cybersecurity in the Virginia Tech Masters of Information Technology program and serves as faculty advisor... Read More →
Provost and Executive Vice President, George Mason University
S. David Wu is Provost and Executive Vice President of George Mason University, the largest public research university in Virginia and a Carnegie research-one (R1) institution. Since his appointment in 2014, Provost Wu has created an academic vision for Access to Excellence – building... Read More →
Kenneth Ball was appointed Dean of the Volgenau School of Engineering in August 2012. He previously served as the L.S. Randolph Professor and Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech from 2004-12, overseeing rapid growth in the department with research expenditures... Read More →
Tuesday August 13, 2019 8:00am - 8:30am EDT
Dewberry Hall
As with most things in the Security realm, before you can defend against attacks, you need to understand how the attackers work before you can defend and mitigate against them.
This invaluable hands on (BYO Laptop) workshop will showcase some new Cyber Range college/intermediate level penetration testing labs that the Cyber Range is in the process of publishing for instructor general availability. Come experience some of this powerful hands on content as you use your Range Kali attack VM and vulnerable target Windows VM to grok how these attacks actually function. After learning how to utilize these tools to pentest our own systems, we find ourselves in a better place to discuss the measures one would need to take to prevent or mitigate against such attacks and in the process, increase our own network security profile
Workshop Labs and Handouts Include: - Lab 1 - Launching & Defending Against a Windows DoS Attack - Lab 2 - Password Credential Keylogging - Lab 3 - Trojan Malware - popping a reverse shell on a target
Tweeks (or Thomas Weeks) is the Director of Future Technology at Virginia Tech, Division of IT, and also sits as a Consulting Engineer at the Virginia Cyber Range where he creates cloud VM images for the Range, writes/edits Range labs, and works with Range authors to get their lab... Read More →
Tuesday August 13, 2019 8:30am - 11:20am EDT
Dewberry Hall
Alan Paller founded SANS, a professional cybersecurity training school that trains more than 41,000 cybersecurity technologists each year. He is also president of SANS Technology Institute, the nation's first regionally accredited specialized cybersecurity college and graduate sc... Read More →
Tuesday August 13, 2019 11:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Dewberry Hall
If done well, a capture-the-flag (CTF) competition is an educational experience disguised as a competition. It’s hard not to get excited after teaching yourself a new skill, finding a flag, then being rewarded with CTF points. Bring your laptop! In this workshop, we will introduce different types of CTF competitions and describe how we have used them with students and IT professionals to drive interest and enhance learning in cybersecurity topics. You will also learn how to approach different types of CTF challenges and the tools you can use to solve them. You might even get some hints related to the conference CTF!
Dr. David Raymond serves as Director of the Virginia Cyber Range and Deputy Director of Virginia Tech’s IT Security Office and Lab. He also teaches courses on networking and cybersecurity in the Virginia Tech Masters of Information Technology program and serves as faculty advisor... Read More →
Tuesday August 13, 2019 2:30pm - 4:20pm EDT
Dewberry Hall
Anne Holton will serve as interim President of George Mason University beginning August 1, 2019. Holton is a visiting professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government and at the College of Education and Human Development, and a visiting Fellow at the Center for Education Policy... Read More →
Former senior government executive with distinguished career leading programs and teams in autonomous systems, cyber security, smart community development, telecommunications, and IT.
Wednesday August 14, 2019 8:00am - 8:45am EDT
Dewberry Hall
Dr. David Raymond serves as Director of the Virginia Cyber Range and Deputy Director of Virginia Tech’s IT Security Office and Lab. He also teaches courses on networking and cybersecurity in the Virginia Tech Masters of Information Technology program and serves as faculty advisor... Read More →
Wednesday August 14, 2019 4:15pm - 4:30pm EDT
Dewberry Hall