ON DEMAND WEBCAST

Open Season: Building a threat hunting program with open source tools

You will discover how to:

  • Build a threat hunting program affordably
  • Use open source data sources including Zeek with Elasticsearch
  • Leverage open source threat hunting projects to speed up development

Speakers

Ken Westin

Director, Market Intelligence, Elastic

Ken Westin is currently Director of ITOA and Security Solutions at Elastic (elastic.co). He has spent his career helping organizations aggregate, analyze and operationalize disparate security data sources to identify and mitigate threats in various forms. In his past he has developed and utilized tools and techniques to hunt criminals, even unveiling multiple organized crime groups in the process.

James Schweitzer

East and Federal SE Director, Corelight

James Schweitzer is the East and Federal SE Director at Corelight. Previously, he worked at The MITRE Corporation in the security center for over a decade supporting multiple US Government agencies. James is a graduate of Virginia Tech and The George Washington University.

Jean Schaffer

Federal Chief Technology Officer, Corelight

Jean Schaffer is an experienced professional in Cybersecurity, Information Assurance, and IT Operations. She is recently retired from the Intelligence community after 33+ years of public service, 15 at SES level. Jean brings technical expertise, understanding of the IC/DoD and a wealth of experience.