Security Design Principles and the Hacker Mindset - Online Workshop

Wednesday, 7 April 2021, 10:00am - 12:00pm

It is more effective to design and build security into your systems than it is to try and bolt it on at the end.

In this Kiwi SaaS security workshop – recommended for anyone involved in designing or building applications – we’ll explore a range of options to help you protect your data and intellectual property.

The session will cover security basics, including:

Defence in depth
Minimum privilege
Fail-safe – access by permission and not exclusion
Privilege separation
Open-design principle
Minimum complexity
Complete mediation principle
Least-common mechanism
Psychological acceptability

In the second half of the workshop, we’ll define the ‘hacker mindset’ and explore how it can help businesses to be more secure, and the steps you can take to develop this mindset. We’ll also cover how the hacker mindset can be used to produce innovative and out-of-the-box ideas.

Cost: Free
Limited to 20 attendees

Presenter Bios:

Ferdinand Hagethorn, Global Practice Director – Cybersecurity

Covering Australia, New Zealand, India and the UK, Planit's Global Cybersecurity practice is growing under Ferdinand's leadership. His practice provides a wide range of services, including DevSecOps, penetration testing (web, mobile, external network, internal network), secure architecture design, secure architecture reviews, secure config reviews, vulnerability assessments, cybersecurity strengthening, assessments of security implementation on system performance, infosec services, and more.

With 22 years' experience, Ferdinand has completed more than 500 projects across seven countries throughout Europe, North America, and Australasia. He’s led security for a European Nuclear fuel company, is a recognised security leader, and is highly active in the security community. He has also guest lectured on cybersecurity at several universities around the world.

Combining extensive technical knowledge with an ability to focus on pragmatic and holistic solutions, Ferdinand has supported many businesses with their security journey.

Hugh Davenport, Planit’s Senior Offensive Penetration Test Consultant

Hugh is a security consultant with more than five years’ security testing experience and more than five years’ software development experience. He’s a qualified Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP), is passionate about detecting the areas hackers will exploit and is well versed in the hacker mindset