APT, AET, Anonymous, Big Security Data, Hacktivism <>… Information security professionals are inundated daily with emerging threats that endanger their environment. Often times we get sucked into these rabbit holes by chasing after the latest technology or concept and lose sight of the fundamentals that make up a good security/risk management program. This presentation will offer the top 10 fundamentals of security. The top 10 will then be correlated with some of the latest threats to show that good (free) processes will mitigate the risks to an acceptable level.
- Take Away: Top Ten Fundamental Risk Management Strategies
- Free Mitigation for Current Threats
- The ability to breath again after perspective is given
About Mat Wilcek

Mat Wilcek has over 15 years of experience specializing in the areas of IT Security and Operations, Risk Management, Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery and Incident Response. During his career, he has evaluated the security controls of over 75 different environments in both public and private sectors. That experience has given Mat a realistic view of NIST, ITIL, ISO and COBIT as well as experience implementing comprehensive security programs from scratch.
Mat has a Master of Science degree in Security Technologies and a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems Security. Mat is also holds many industry certifications in the information security field.