Dewayne Hart

Dewayne Hart Speaking Topics

• Human-Based Security – Learn How a Cybersecurity Mindset Keeps You Balanced and Secure from Hackers

  Human-based cybersecurity focuses on empowering individuals to recognize and respond effectively to threats. This involves training employees to identify phishing attempts, suspicious links, and social engineering tactics. By fostering a culture of awareness, organizations can transform their teams into a strong defense against cyber threats. Although this may seem simple, humans often fall short in the cybersecurity domain. While there is plenty of cyber awareness, it's important to ask whether humans are taking cybersecurity seriously. A well-informed team is your best defense against hackers. Whether you're a business owner or an employee, prioritize human-based cybersecurity in your strategy.

  You will leave with:

  • A new understanding of how cybersecurity operates and what mindset is required
  • Strategies to self-assess their cybersecurity relationship and actions
  • Transformational concepts to engage cybersecurity actively vs. awareness

• Cracking the Code: Unveiling the Connection Between AI and Cybersecurity

  Cybersecurity is constantly evolving, demanding consistent, rapid, and easily interpretable data analysis. The SOC Analyst relies on user interface (UI) data to make informed decisions that can outperform hackers and prevent incidents. Successfully countering and adapting to these changes requires accurate and valuable data. This presentation will explore how AI can expedite the data analysis process and enhance decision-making. It will cover topics such as threat intelligence, machine learning, and "Big Data" analytics to keep organizations well-informed about hackers' tactics and strategies. The session will help the audience understand the connection between AI and cybersecurity through various methods. Attendees will gain insight into AI's enhancements and modifications for cyber defense and why it's important to modernize cyber protection programs by incorporating AI.

  You will leave with:

  • Knowledge of how AI processing provides rapid cybersecurity insights and drastically reduces response times.
  • Understanding of how AI helps security analysts connect the dots between threats.
  • Advanced knowledge of why transitioning to automated data analysis reduces human errors and accelerates threat defense.

• Building Strong Cybersecurity Leadership: It's More Than Just Reacting to Attacks

  Creating a cyber-secure organization is crucial for every enterprise. Executive managers need to understand cybersecurity and implement practical steps to secure their enterprise in today’s landscape of escalating cybercrime. This topic will help decision-makers deploy security measures and strategize cybersecurity leadership. Attendees will gain invaluable knowledge on cultivating effective leadership in cybersecurity, board-level communication, decision-making, situational leadership, responsibility, authority, and accountability. They will also learn practical techniques to mature cybersecurity programs while meeting business objectives.

  You will leave with:

  • Information to advance career paths and implement cybersecurity leadership to protect environments
  • Effective strategies to integrate risk management and business into a single entity
  • Tactics to effectively communicate board-level protection plans and earn trust from the C-Suite

• You Heard It Once, Now Again - Stop Feeding The Hackers' Appetite

  Numerous challenges have been aimed at defeating hackers' aggression. The methodologies work well for some, but others often fall prey by opening a revolving door that destroys the cybersecurity shield. The risk outcomes carry far more implications due to soft targets, threat vectors, and lapses in safeguards. Despite knowing that hackers are soft target driven, many organizations struggle to communicate that "Feeding Hackers' Appetite" is a risk-enabling concept. This speaking session explains why hackers' target exploitation is the weakest link, gateways additional risks, and survives when the cybersecurity shield becomes defeated.

  You will leave with:

  • Knowledge of how hackers operate and their aggression.
  • Ideas to increase individual protection when using social media and electronic devices.
  • Key strategies to why businesses need to adopt cybersecurity and implement a "Hackers Hat" culture

• Business Strategies for Success, Ways to Defeat Cybercrime and Win the Cyberwar

  Cybersecurity is a significant concern for businesses. With the constant threat of cyber attacks, many are unsure if they can outperform hackers and risks. The patch-and-fix methodology is not solution-centric, and incidents continue to escalate. The question we all face is: who is winning the cyber war? Citizens and businesses alike are shifting blame, raising doubts about whether we can ever truly develop cybersecurity or if we will always fall prey to hackers. Despite spending millions of dollars on tools, ransomware and breaches have left business owners wondering how to implement cyber protection and whether they will ever become genuinely cyber-safe. This presentation will remove the mentioned concerns, help facilitate cyber protection as a business model, and remediate issues such as "Hackers" winning the cyber war. Attendees will also be positioned to understand that cyber protection is a holistic approach requiring a combination of different objectives.

  You will leave with:

  • Strategies to assess your security environment for areas that need attention
  • Ideas to develop a risk-based attitude and hacker mindset into their cybersecurity culture
  • Which tools and technologies are available to remediate security deficiencies
  • Key concepts and practices to build a cybersecurity roadmap