Christina Barker
Senior Manager, Global Cyber Defense Team, Celonis, Inc
Austin, Texas, United States
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Christina Barker is the Senior Manager of the Global Cyber Defense Team at Celonis, Inc., where she manages a global SOC responsible for all security monitoring and incident response. Prior to her working at Celonis, Christina worked for NCC Group for 5 years in the North American Cyber Incident Response Team (NA-CIRT) as an Incident Response consultant and eventually became the Practice Director. During this time she worked various types of security incidents for clients and was exposed to several different technologies. Christina has worked incident response in both government as well as private sector environments.
Christina is a member of the Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) Advisory Board, ISSA, and InfraGard. She has several active GIAC certifications including the GSEC, GCFE, GCIH, and GNFA. She also participated in the SANS FOR572: Advanced Network Forensics and Analysis course in 2017, where she and her team earned the SANS Lethal Forensicator Coin award.
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Non-Traditional Backgrounds: Why a non-traditional background can be a good thing!
Have you ever suffered from imposter syndrome? Many of us do in cybersecurity, but this issue tends to affect women in the industry the most. Often times because we do not have the same STEM education background, nor the technical experience of our male counter parts.
Come join me as I share my personal journey as a women in cybersecurity and I demonstrate how many of the non-technical skills that women have can be just as helpful in a cybersecurity career.
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Target Audience: Women in Cybersecurity
Chaos Navigation: Mastering Preparedness for Success in Incident Response
Does this sound familiar? A cybersecurity incident has just occurred in your organization and everyone is scrambling to figure out what happened, how it happened, and what to do about it. Your head is swimming, everyone wants answers, and it feels like you've just been thrown into the middle of the ocean during a hurricane. If you said yes, you are not alone!
During my time as an incident responder, both as an internal full-time employee and as a consultant, I have found that many, if not most, organizations are not adequately prepared to handle cybersecurity incidents when they happen. This presentation is meant to help attendees ready their organization for incident response activities by discussing many of the fundamentals of preparation which are often overlooked.
Target Audience: Anyone in technology including CISOs, CIOs, CTOs, and Cybersecurity professionals
Time Requirement: 1hr session
The Art of the Tabletop: Sculpting Incident Response Exercises with MITRE ATT&CK
Tired of irrelevant tabletop exercises? Learn how to build custom IR drills using MITRE ATT&CK that mirror your unique environment and threat landscape. Discover how to identify vulnerabilities, map attacks, and reverse engineer potential IOCs into actionable scenarios. Leave with the knowledge to create engaging exercises that truly strengthen your incident response program.
This session dives into practical steps for crafting bespoke tabletop exercises. We'll cover leveraging MITRE ATT&CK to simulate realistic attacks based on your specific security posture and business needs. Learn to identify gaps by mapping potential threats to your existing controls and build exercises with actionable outcomes to improve your IR readiness.
Target Audience: CISOs, Cybersecurity professionals, Incident responders, SOC analysts
Time Requirement: 1hr session
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Christina Barker
Senior Manager, Global Cyber Defense Team, Celonis, Inc
Austin, Texas, United States
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