Unmasking Security: Seeing Through the Eyes of an Attacker - Saskia Coplans
15th October 2020
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Saskia Coplans
Founder and Security Consultant

Talk Description
This is the story of how we helped a client save their security budget. By working with this massive enterprise to embed practical and tangible security solutions across their teams, we drastically reduced their dependency on external forces, reduced vulnerabilities in the pipeline and helped them understand where to target security more efficiently.
In this talk, we'll discuss how security can be integrated into all parts of an organisations culture, with a focus on software testing, by learning how to think like an attacker. How by empowering teams with a hackers mindset we can take the mystery out of security.
By the end of this session, you'll be able to:
- Understanding how to see through the eyes of an attacker to become more secure
- How you can champion security across your organisation
- Why testers are uniquely equipped to carry the torch for security in the pipeline
Founder and Security Consultant
Saskia is the Cofounder and Director of Digital Interruption and REXScan, and is the Director of Innovation for Data Science, AI and Cyber and HOST Salford.
Saskia has over ten years experience in information security and governance along with standards and policy development. She has worked across Europe and Central Asia for Governments, NGO’s, Regulators and the Private Sector and presents at events and conferences world wide.
She sits on the Greater Manchester Cyber Advisory Group, the Board of OWASP Manchester and the Infosec Hoppers and is a Copresenter on the Greyhats Podcast.
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