The Secretary of US Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, joins DEF CON for a fireside chat. Secretary Mayorkas will lay some foundational groundwork on some of DHS' priorities in cybersecurity and how they address pressing IS and global issues, then sit down to talk with The Dark Tangent, in a casual conversation with thousands of their closest hacker friends.

DEF CON (also written as DEFCON, Defcon or DC) is a hacker convention held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada. The first DEF CON took place in June 1993 and today many attendees at DEF CON include computer security professionals, journalists, lawyers, federal government employees, security researchers, students, and hackers with a general interest in software, computer architecture, hardware modification, conference badges, and anything else that can be "hacked". The event consists of several tracks of speakers about computer- and hacking-related subjects, as well as cyber-security challenges and competitions (known as hacking wargames). Contests held during the event are extremely varied, and can range from creating the longest Wi-Fi connection to finding the most effective way to cool a beer in the Nevada heat.

Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas

Conference: Defcon 31

Authors: Alejandro Mayorkas Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security

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