NEWS AND EVENTS
My first Attack conference: Golf, good conversations and a more serious backdrop
How do you present a cybersecurity company to potential customers while you are still learning about it yourself? I got to practise that when I attended my very first conference, the Attack conference, with SecureNOK on 13 October. 🚀
As an intern, there is a lot to get to grips with. At the conference, I had the chance to take what I have learned about SecureNOK into conversations with people outside the office. I welcomed visitors to the stand, told them about the company and practised explaining what we do.
I was also responsible for running a golf competition. It made for a nice way into conversations, and there was no shortage of competitive spirit! 😉
From the stand to the Prime Minister
Between activities at the stand, I managed to catch several informative talks. Jonas Gahr Støre opened the conference with topics such as artificial intelligence, security and Norway's digital preparedness.
What I took away from the opening was that we must manage to adopt new technology while also making it safe. We already depend on digital solutions in everyday life. Security therefore has to keep pace as technology develops.
With my background in economics and administration, it is interesting to see how closely this ties in with management and priorities. Which solutions does an organization choose? Who does it become dependent on? And what happens to operations if the systems stop working?
Understanding what actually happened
One topic that kept coming up in the talks was hybrid threats and sabotage. That gave the conference a serious backdrop, but I also noted the call to keep a cool head.
When something unexpected happens, we need to investigate the cause. We need an overview and information to understand whether it is a fault, an attack or something else. I also got a clearer picture of why logging and reporting incidents matter: they provide a basis for finding out what actually happened.
Several talks also addressed quite basic security challenges, such as default passwords that are never changed and equipment that is reachable from the internet. For someone new to the industry, it was useful to hear that security work is also about following up on concrete things like these.
An informative day away from the office
The best thing about my first conference was the combination of contributing and learning. At the stand, I got to practise meeting potential customers and using my knowledge of Securenok. In the lecture hall, I gained a better understanding of why our work matters.
I come away with more questions, more knowledge and a desire to keep learning. Cybersecurity can seem technical and overwhelming when you are new, but at the conference the connection to people, organizations and the society around us became much clearer.
Thanks for a great and informative trip, Tonje Rønneberg Skei, Tor Ommund Ljosland and Adil Lakrimi!
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