Duncan Sparrell

Cyber security expert at sFractal Consulting

Duncan Sparrell is a seasoned (aka old) software developer and network security evangelist. He graduated from RPI back when computers were the size of buildings and programmed with punch cards. After a 35-year career with AT&T, he is semi-retired and trying to give back to the community while pursuing his interests in cloud security, agile, secure software development, and erlang. Most of his cyber experience is blue team (defense) but he kick-started his cyber chops as part of a AFIWC cyber attack team during first Gulf War. Besides various certs (CSSIP, CSSLP, CCSK, PE), he was awarded the Intelligence Community Seal Medallion, and the AT&T Science and Technology Medal.

Past Activities

Duncan Sparrell
Code BEAM SF

06 Mar 2020
10.35 - 11.20

Making IoT safer with BEAM/OTP

In this talk, Duncan will:

Explain the safety impact of cyber-physical systems in the Internet of things
Explain advantages of quantitative risk analysis for security decision making
Extol the advantages of "One Tough Platform" for developing secure software
Present pitfalls to avoid and best practices to follow
Evangelize OTP for cybersecurity and cyber-physical safety and
Demonstrate open-source on a Raspberry Pi showing how future IoT will adapt to threats in real-time

THIS TALK IN THREE WORDS

IoT

Safety

Cybersecurity

OBJECTIVES

The audience should leave with:

Awareness of the safety impact of cyber-physical systems in the Internet of Things,
Understanding why OTP is great for cybersecurity and cyber-physical safety, and
Where to find open source projects on how future IoT will adapt to threats in real-time.