Talks & Presentations

Conference presentations on cybersecurity, cloud security, neurodivergence, and career development.

Upcoming

SANS Security Awareness & Culture Summit 2026August 28, 2026

Solo Campaign: Building Security Culture When You're the Whole Department

You ARE the IT department. You're also the security team, the awareness program, and the culture change initiative. A ground-level account of running a 12-week voluntary champion program with quest-based learning and fantasy-themed red team trials β€” the wins, the wipes, and what I'd roll differently on a second playthrough.

πŸ•‘ 2:30 PM – 2:55 PM PDTπŸ“ Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV & Virtual
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Past talks

CloudSecNext Summit 2025October 3, 2025

Get The Flock Out of My Cloud: Using DuckDB to Detect Spousal Sabotage

What happens when the insider threat shares your Wi-Fi password? In this entertaining yet educational talk, Jared and Liz Gore demonstrate how to use DuckDB to detect sophisticated cloud security threats across AWS, Azure, and GCP through a playful CTF-style demonstration.

πŸ“ Denver, CO
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