DC407 Online, Thursday August 14, 2025 at 8PM Eastern time on zoom.
Talk: What I Learned From Building A Tabletop Security Exercise! with Dwayne McDaniel
Bio: Dwayne has been working as a Developer Advocate since 2014 and has been involved in tech communities since 2005. His entire mission is to “help people figure stuff out.” He loves sharing his knowledge, and he has done so by giving talks at hundreds of events worldwide. He has been fortunate enough to speak at institutions like MIT and Stanford and internationally in Paris and Iceland. Dwayne currently lives in Chicago. Outside of tech, he loves karaoke, live music, and crochet. On LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwaynemcdaniel/
Abstract: At DEFCON 32, my team taught over 160 people the limitations of manual code review to solve secrets sprawl. We did not use new tech. We did not use computers or anything that needed electricity. We used paper cards. What we learned along the way was eye-opening and changed the way I think about security.
This talk is a quick recap of the surprising findings we unexpectedly gathered and the power of getting away from the keyboard. I will reveal my new theory on driving better conversations across teams and roles to actually try and improve security, and not just show how clever we are.
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