This is the deck used in my SecureWorld Atlanta session in April 2010.

1. Getting Out Of The Trenches Martin Fisher SecureWorld - Atlanta Email: [email_address] Twitter: @armorguy

2. Much can be learned about information security by evaluating historical battles and warfare... Today, information technology in general, and information security in particular, look like warfare as conducted during World War One... “ Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” - George Santayana Double-You Tee Eff???

4. World War 1 Trench Warfare... Does It Look Familiar? Highly structured and lengthy perimeters....

5. World War 1 Trench Warfare... Does It Look Familiar? Losses can be catastrophic...

6. World War 1 Trench Warfare... Does It Look Familiar? Less than optimal working conditions...

7. World War 1 Trench Warfare... Does It Look Familiar? Cool new technologies get deployed – but nobody is really sure how to best use them

8. What Broke The Trench Stalemate??? Through combining revolutionary and evolutionary tactics, techniques, and technology in new ways both sides were able to redefine the battlespace and get themselves out of the killing fields... Allied effective deployment and tactics for tracked armored vehicles.

9. Not Convinced???

10. Not Convinced???

11. So, How Do We Break Out Of Today's Trenches?? Adopt new technologies & use them in new ways...but not all technologies can be 'game changers'... Know your own rules inside and out. Be prepared to throw them out the window – if required. Respect the conventional wisdom. Do not allow yourself to be overly constrained by it. Understand the adversary. Know his rules better than he does.

18. Questions?