Pena’s advice for not getting hacked, “Be diligent, savvy and educate yourself about security risks. “At Mandiant we respond to the compromise, determine how they got in and what information they took, devise a plan to stop the attack and quarantine and remediate the systems that are compromised.” “I have the opportunity to work with individuals who are the best of the best in the industry,” said Pena, who is pursuing a graduate degree at George Mason in the management of secure information systems. When the contract he was working on was coming to an end, he transitioned to Mandiant, a leader in the cyber security industry that works with Fortune 500 companies as well as government agencies. A friend from the CSA recommended him to someone in the industry, and ultimately he ended up in Washington, D.C. Upon graduation, Pena was looking to break into the security field-a hard field to transition into. “We met regularly, gave presentations and had industry experts come talk to us.” also revealed that DEF CON is not the only security conference to receive complaints. “We had a good group in the CSA at the time,” said Pena, who is 25 years old. While at UTSA, Pena was active with the Computer Security Association (CSA) and participated in “capture the flag” and National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competitions. “I gained valuable real world experiences in my programming, networking and forensics classes. “I can’t thank UTSA enough for the education that I received,” he said. In particular, courses with Nicole Beebe, assistant professor, and Robert Kaufman, senior lecturer and director of the Air Force Information Operations Center in San Antonio.
Pena credits the faculty in UTSA’s program with preparing him to be successful in the security industry.
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We will show how to detect and remediate against this problem.”Ī graduate of Reagan High School, Pena was always interested in computers and enrolled in the college’s information systems and security program. “Attackers are deploying new malware techniques that look like legitimate network traffic. “My presentation will focus on cutting-edge attacks that we’ve witnessed in the industry this past year,” said Pena, who has been in the D.C. Pena, an associate consultant at Mandiant in Alexandria, Virginia, will present on “Got Spies in the Wires?” Pena will present today at Defcon, a hacker convention in Las Vegas with over 10,000 attendees ranging from hackers to cyber security experts. Presenting at the world’s largest hacking conference might be intimidating for some, but not for Evan Pena,’11, an information assurance and security graduate from the UTSA College of Business. Started in 1992 by the Dark Tangent, DEF CON is the worlds longest running and largest underground hacking conference.
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