Agenda

Traditional preventative security models are failing in a world of zero-days, nation-state actors, and credential abuse. History proves one truth: attackers get in. This presentation challenges legacy SOC thinking and outlines an active defense, post-breach strategy focused on detection, validation, threat hunting, and rapid response—because eliminating attackers is impossible, but finding them is not.

For over two decades, “Shift Left” has shaped how organizations build secure software — moving testing earlier in development to catch vulnerabilities before release. It was the right idea at the right time, but today’s application ecosystems are far more complex and constantly under attack. Nation-states and sophisticated cybercrime groups have intensified the threat landscape, and with AI lowering the barrier to entry, even less-skilled actors can launch advanced attacks at scale. This session explores how the original principles of Shift Left must evolve into continuous assurance — where prevention, detection, and protection work together across the entire lifecycle.

We often talk about threats in terms of dollars lost, data stolen, or headlines made. But the real threat lives deeper—in the structure, the strategy, and the growing ambition of the actors behind the screen. Today’s cybercriminals don’t just encrypt files; they build economies, launder, influence, and forge alliances that stretch across borders and industries. In this talk, we’ll peel back the layers of modern cybercrime and explore how loosely affiliated hackers have evolved into organized syndicates. These groups operate more like multinational corporations than rogue disruptors—complete with HR departments, recruitment pipelines, insider relationships, and state protections.