Lessons and Lulz: The 4th Annual Black Hat USA NOC Report

The 4th Annual Black Hat USA NOC Report shares data on network operations, tools, and techniques used to set up, stabilize, and secure the network. The report also highlights humorous network activity and what it reveals about security professionals' behavior on an open WiFi network.

• The Black Hat NOC team shares data on network operations, tools, and techniques used to set up, stabilize, and secure the network
• Changes made over the past year to improve network security are discussed
• Humorous network activity is highlighted and used to reveal security professionals' behavior on an open WiFi network
• Incident stats and top offenders by device are presented
• A dashboard with honeypots is used to test Orchestrator and detect any unauthorized access

The Black Hat NOC team takes pride in playing with technology and making things work. They added a dashboard with honeypots to test Orchestrator and detect any unauthorized access. However, they were disappointed that no one tried to hack into the honeypots and instead encouraged attendees to avoid poking them with a stick. The team also shared humorous network activity, such as attendees connecting to Windows Update despite being warned not to, and top offenders by device.

Back with another year of soul crushing statistics, the Black Hat NOC team will be sharing all of the data that keeps us equally puzzled, and entertained, year after year. We'll let you know all the tools and techniques we're using to set up, stabilize, and secure the network, and what changes we've made over the past year to try and keep doing things better. Of course, we'll be sharing some of the more humorous network activity and what it helps us learn about the way security professionals conduct themselves on an open WiFi network. Spoiler Alert: It's poorly. We conduct ourselves poorly.