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Attacking and Defending Full Disk Encryption - Tom Kopchak Bsides Cleveland 2014 (Hacking Illustrated Series InfoSec Tutorial Videos)

Attacking and Defending Full Disk Encryption
Tom Kopchak

One of your company’s laptops was just stolen. You know that there was sensitive information on the machine. You also know that full disk encryption was deployed. Is your data safe? Can you prove it?

Many organizations are flocking to full disk encryption solutions as a solution to their data security requirements. Unfortunately, many of these installations view the deployment of full disk encryption as a panacea for any and all security concerns for their laptop fleets. All too often, these systems are not properly configured and adequately tested.

In this talk, Tom will analyze the challenges associated with attacking and defending systems protected with full disk encryption. Many of the examples provided will draw from Tom's personal experience, including several scenarios where a fully encrypted and powered down system was fully compromised as part of a penetration test.

Tom Kopchak is a Senior Security Engineer at Hurricane Labs, an Information Security Firm in Cleveland, Ohio. Tom is an alum of the Rochester Institute of Technology, with a background in Computing Security and Information Security (MS) and Applied Networking and System Administration(BS). Tom’s passion for information security stems from his experiences in the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. His research areas include computer forensics and data storage technologies. When he is not working with computers, Tom enjoys composing, music improvisation (Acts of Music), and playing both the piano and organ.


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