CTSC 2023 | Conference Theme

Defining the Challenges of a Modern Moving Target Threat Model: Exploiting the Advantages of a formal Technical and Cyber Security Program

• Traditional security approaches have relied on the ad hoc application of Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM), Physical Security and Cyber Security concepts. Unfortunately, the resulting piecemeal approach to security is certain to leave gaps and weaknesses that will be found and exploited by a determined and resourceful attacker. At the same time, advances in technology on both sides are creating seemingly infinite opportunities for attackers:
• Powerful tools for compromising information technology and communications systems continue to be developed and deployed;
• Sophisticated, surveillance technologies are widely available at low cost;
• Data can be collected from publicly available sources for use in an intelligence context (open-source intelligence);
• Social engineering approaches (with remarkable success) can be used to acquire information from an organization’s employees (HUMINT), induce them to make mistakes, or be used to spread misinformation damaging the organization’s reputation.

A Poorly Implemented Technical Security Program Fools Everyone — But the Attacker…

While there is an increasingly compelling case that stovepipe security approaches are increasingly inadequate to defend against current and emerging technology threats, the security industry has been slow to move towards a modern integrated security model.

This situation reflects several issues that pervade the industry. One is short term thinking that focuses on the current perception of the threat environment. Another is the fragmentation and compartmentalization of the industry and often there is a coin flip decision to gamble the probability of whether or not a costly technical compromise will occur.

Many players are comfortably entrenched in their own niches and see anything that might affect their existing business models as a threat rather than an opportunity. Consequently, they focus on the promotion of their own specialties while downplaying other issues of which they often have limited knowledge or experience.

Furthermore, organizational leaders are often reluctant to recognize the scope and magnitude of the technical security problem that espionage poses to their respective organizations. Indeed, their organizations may have already been successfully targeted without their leadership or security teams realizing it.

This situation must and will change as the limitations of existing approaches become ever more conspicuous. Security practitioners who are able to think in terms of coherent and systematic approaches to security and work effectively with other industry experts will find themselves better positioned to benefit in terms of both business and professional successes.

The do it your self approach and jack of all trades concept simply weakens the overall security posture of the organization and it is essential to ensure each professional disciple is well represented within the organizational structure of a formal technical security team.

Participants, exhibitors, presenters and CTSC 2023 guests are invited to join us on the first evening of the conference for our sponsored hospitality night networking event.

Please join us for a casual evening of networking with friends and colleagues.

Hospitality night includes a selection of snacks, and refreshments. Cash bar is available.

The hospitality night event provides a casual and relaxing end, rounding out a busy first day of the conference.

Hospitality night is included with your participant conference registration and / or exhibitor fee, presenters and all CTSC 2023 guests are invited.

The reality is that consumer and commercial level technological developments are converging, opening up new possibilities for all technical security professionals who maintain strong technical and administrative skill sets across a wide knowledge base.

At the same time, a wide variety of new technological threats are emerging, and these threats could compromise technical security and place tremendous demands on, and pose significant challenges to technical security programs, physical infrastructure and the information technology architecture.

Technical security professionals, at all operational threat levels, from private individuals, small businesses, corporate security directors, governments, and military operators will need to be informed and prepared, not only here in Canada, but around the globe as business interests continue to become globally mobile.

That is why you need to be a part of the exclusive group of technical security practitioners and industry support professionals at CTSC 2023.

CTSC 2023 is a not to be missed three (3) day professional development and networking opportunity with others engaged in the complex field of technical security.

So plan now to attend, present, demonstrate, exhibit, network, compete in our original, world famous “Bug-Off”, attend hospitality night, enjoy the keynote speaker at our always entertaining casual Dinner and Awards night, learn something new, see what is on the horizon, and extend your professional credibility with renewed knowledge and the opportunity for hands on experience.

It is all happening at CTSC 2023 for the 15th year running!