Security & The Cots Vendor - An Attempt At Getting One To Understand The Other

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Irishmasms

Deciding on a proposal for the annual vendor's users group conference, I chose to fulfill the request of some fellow users. So I submitted a proposal titled 'Hacked? We can't be cracked!" with the intent to disprove the common paradigm and demonstrate that the system does not have vulnerabilities that could be exploited. To my surprise, the proposal was accepted by the conference planning committee and the vendor. To my bigger surprise, the support individuals at the vendor agreed to support the presentation as well; by setting up and configuring a spare system they have for my presentation development & the actual presentation. What actually happened? How did I protect myself from any retribution? Any aftermath & consequences? Did the presentation come off & how was it received by the conference attendees and the vendor? This presentation is an exploration of the good intentions from a well meaning system administrator with a security mind set, trying to have the vendor & users realize that security is important and critical for their operation.