What About Stuxnet?

Kevin Johnson, SANS instructor and security expert, on what you need to know about Stuxnet, Twitter worms and other new threats to organizations and privacy.In an interview, Johnson talks about:

• The latest threats;
• Risks to public and private organizations;
• What to tell employees and customers.

Johnson is a security consultant and founder of Secure Ideas. He came to security from a development and system administration background. He has many years of experience performing security services for fortune 100 companies, and in his spare time he contributes to a large number of open source security projects. His involvement in open-source projects is spread across a number of projects and efforts. He is the founder of many different projects and has worked on others. He founded BASE, which is a Web front-end for Snort analysis. He also founded and continues to lead the SamuraiWTF live DVD. This is a live environment focused on Web penetration testing. He also founded Yokoso and Laudanum, which are focused on exploit delivery. Johnson is a certified instructor for SANS and the author of Security 542: Web Application Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking. He also presents at industry events, including DEFCON and ShmooCon, and for various organizations, like Infragard, ISACA, ISSA, and the University of Florida.