This fast-moving talk is a summary of lessons learned (both offensively and defensively) from 3 decades of conducting vulnerability assessments and defeating a wide variety of physical security devices, systems, and programs.
Attacks and countermeasures for the following will be covered: tampering-indicating seals, intrusion detection, cargo security, electronic voting machines, “indelible” voter’s ink, general election security, electronic locks, biometrics, GPS, RFIDs, tags, product tampering/counterfeiting, and drug testing kits/protocols.
We will also examine some of the most common design flaws in physical security devices and systems. The talk will conclude with be a brief discussion of general problems and recommendations concerning insider threat mitigation, psychology & security, layered security, nuclear safeguards, cryptography, and security management.
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Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D., CPP is head of Right Brain Sekurity, a company devoted to security consulting, vulnerability assessments, and R&D. Roger received his Bachelor's Degree from Carleton College in 1977, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from the University of Colorado in 1983. Dr. Johnston was founder and head of the Vulnerability Assessments Teams at Los Alamos National Laboratory (1985-2007) and Argonne National Laboratory (2007-2015).
He has provided consulting, training, vulnerability assessments, and R&D on security for over 70 companies, NGOs, and government agencies, including IAEA, DoD, DOE/NNSA, NSF, Department of State, and intelligence agencies. He or his team have defeated over 1,200 different security devices, and developed practical countermeasures. Roger has won numerous awards for his work.
He holds 10 U.S. patents, has authored more than 200 technical papers and book chapters, and has given 90+ invited talks, including 6 Keynote Addresses at national and international conferences. Dr. Johnston has frequently been interviewed for his views on security by international bloggers and journalists. He serves as editor of The Journal of Physical Security.
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Enormous thanks to Jan-Willem (https://twitter.com/jwrm22) who volunteered his time to synchronize and edit all the audio, presentations and video together in order to get this presentation online.
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