Emily Crose
Ex CIA, NSA & INSCOM infosec specialist
Expert on tech, cybersecurity, industrial infrastructure, counter-extremism, government transparency
Fee: Please inquire
Areas of Expertise
Emily is available for training, consulting and speaking engagements, with notable expertise in the following areas:
- Security, counterterrorism
- Intelligence, clandestine operations
- Avoiding bias, diversity
- Collaboration, communication
- Cybersecurity, technology
- Risk assessment and management
- Media, entertainment
Emily's Background
Emily Crose is a former US Intelligence officer with over a decade of experience in the field of cybersecurity. She is an alumna of NSA, CIA, and US Army INSCOM where she honed her skills in both offensive and defensive cybersecurity.
She currently works to secure critical industrial infrastructure worldwide, and is an expert in the field of offensive & defensive network security specializing in various industry verticals including electrical, water, and transportation cybersecurity.
Emily is an expert educator and trainer, and she is an advocate for government transparency and counter-extremism.
Her presentations offer actionable learnings around privacy protection, as well as potential "cyber war" threats.
Presentation Examples
- How Worried Should We Be About "Cyber War"?
- Protecting Your Privacy: Tips from a Former NSA Officer
- Blood In The Wires: How The Tech Industry Fails Humanity — The tech industry has given us so many important advancements in the quality of human life. But who's life is truly improved by it? In this talk, Emily considers the blind corners that exist in technological development and the hidden communities that bear the burden of our modern technological comforts.
- Kyberite TTPs — Red teaming in ICS differs from red teaming in IT environments. In this talk, Emily discusses some of those differences, along with some tools and techniques Dragos' red team uses in client engagements.
- So I Made a Microdot — The history of illicit information transfer crosses directly over microdots. In this talk, Emily talks about the production process and how you can make a microdot at home with simple household items.
- Fun With FOIA — Asking the government questions isn't as hard as you'd think. In this talk, Emily explains how to use the Freedom of Information Act to get answers to questions you have for the US Government.
- Burning Your SOCs: How Burnout Impacts Defense — In this talk, Emily discusses the use and overuse of human resources in security operations. She also mentions the "mechanical Turk" problem that exists in the application of 'artificial intelligence' driven security products.
Partnership Examples
- Tom Tom Founder's Festival
- International Spy Museum
- The Diana Initiative
- Dragos Industrial Security Conference
- Grimmcon 0x04
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