Show the Threat: Data Visualization and InfoSec

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Presented at CarolinaCon14 2018 by

This talk will discuss the benefits of data visualization when performing security analysis and also presenting analysis findings. Too often information security analysts try to solve complex security problems by looking at the output of a .txt document. Even worse they present their findings with the same dull output they used for analysis. The security community need to take some direction from the infographic age and display data in way their clients can easily digest. During this talk I will talk about a variety of techniques one could use to help identify malicious patterns in data sets and how to present them by visualizing the data in graphs like:Time Series / TimelinesDistributions Correlation PlotsRankingMapsFlowThese visualizations (if used correctly) can serve as a tool for information security analysts to detect and present findings that show the threat.