This course aims to explore the infrastructure of Black Hat, focusing on the training network. The learning outcomes include understanding the creation, attacks, and defense of the network, as well as maintaining reliability under heavy usage. Students will learn about wired and wireless infrastructure, handmade cables, threat modeling, wireless security, and network segmentation. The teaching method involves a presentation based on the instructor's experience at Black Hat. The course is intended for individuals interested in information security, network infrastructure, and operations.
Lessons Learned from Black Hat’s Infrastructure - The Tweets Must Flow
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Overview
Syllabus
Intro
My experience at Black Hat
What is Black Hat
Black Hats Infrastructure
Supporting Infrastructure
Events
Volunteers
Network
Security
Wired Infrastructure
Handmade Cables
Network Problems
How it was fixed
Segmenting the network
Quality of service
Gateway laptop
Threat modeling
External attackers
Internal attackers
Threat models
Wireless security
Other Black Hat networks
Wireless spoofing
Black Hat is a nice network
Design goals
Keeping it simple
No services right
Europe
End Results
Lessons Learned
Security is never a priority
Building security into operations
Market yourself
Taught by
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