Session 3.3d Conference Product Brief: Lessons from Active Cyber Defence Innovation
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| Thursday, November 16, 2023 |
| 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
| Nicholls Theatre |
| Sponsored By: |
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This presentation provides an update on Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Led Active Cyber Defence (ACD) innovations in development in partnership with the Australian Government. ACD means different things to people, but the core principles are about employing strategies beyond traditional passive detection; to take the fight to an adversary inside your network(s). These techniques include but are not limited to intelligence-led response, deception, active threat hunting and lawful countermeasures. While the concepts are under examination in the civilian sector - engagement, counter-penetration, and deception are core tenants of military operations; it is paramount that we adopt these principles to protect all critical cyber domain capabilities.
Tomorrow’s ACD is not only about implementing what we know today. Future success will require operation at machine speed. Harnessing modern AI to achieve these goals is critical to achieving the scale and timely response needed to protect critical systems.
This presentation will provide a background to the ACD initiatives, demonstrate two innovative technologies built using AI, and discuss some results from activities and engagements, within the constraints of a public forum. This presentation will also explore our journey in applying new thinking around capability innovation in fields where technology rapidly changes.
Speaker/s
Mr Ben Whitham
General Manager, Applied Ai
Penten Pty Ltd
Ben Whitham is a cybersecurity entrepreneur and engineer. He has co-founded several Australian cybersecurity companies, including M5 Network Security and Penten. He discharged from the Army in 2007, after serving 15 years in RASigs. Ben spent the next 8 years working in the DSOC, helping to design and build some of the first cybersecurity systems for Defence. During that time he also moonlighted in a small team inventing and delivering the iLOBS. His recent focus has been on building products that use AI to create realistic mimics of cyber networks to simplify the use of cyber deception and cyber ranges.
