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Ben Hagen |
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| Day | Day 3 - 2012-12-29 |
| Room | Saal 4 |
| Start time | 11:30 |
| Duration | 01:00 |
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| ID | 5177 |
| Event type | Lecture |
| Language used for presentation | English |
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Securing the Campaign
Security and the 2012 US Presidential Election
This talk will go into some of challenges, solutions, and stories from securing a campaign for the 2012 US presidential election.
Modern US political campaigns are large, sophisticated, and well-funded efforts to communicate with, persuade, and organize national-scale populations. With this complexity and scope comes a number of unique security challenges. The growing importance of technology has necessitated the development of robust and secure solutions that are resilient against a large number of attack vectors.
This talk will go into some of challenges, solutions, and stories from securing a campaign for the 2012 US presidential election.
The speaker led the application security program for a 2012 US presidential campaign. According to most accounts, this was the first position, in a US campaign, filling a dedicated security role.