Hack Your Dog: Dog Training, Communication When There is No Common Language
Channel: BSidesDFW
Date: 11/11/2021

BSidesDFW 2021 Track 1 Session 6 - 06 Nov 2021

Hack Your Dog: Dog Training, Communication When There is No Common Language, And applications in Cyber/Information Security

Training your dog to be an upstanding model citizen in human society is a challenge. Not only do dogs not speak English, they don't comprehend any human language and we are just as incapable of speaking theirs.

So who do you get your dog to behave and do what you want them to do?

The same way we have to communicate what we want clients/customers/employees to do in cyber and information security. We break things down to bite size chunks and start simple. Start small and aim for continuous growth and improvement. Reward and praise often to help build habits. Shaping behavior to become automatic.

This talk will have lots of puppy pics (mostly mine)

Jacen Kohler received his BS in Computer Engineering from the University of North Texas. While studying there, he was president of the student cybersecurity club and led a capstone senior design team doing research for NASA to develop an IP addressing scheme for high ping networks of spacecraft. After graduating, Jacen went to work for a large investment bank, running their global social engineering program and supervising approvals of all new applications with data leaving the banks network. He is currently working at a big four consulting firm where he helps clients from a variety of industry verticals to implement cyber and information security programs such as threat & vulnerability management programs, security communication plans, and customer data encryption programs.