How Offensive Security Made Me Better at Defense - KEYNOTE

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Presented at OffensiveCon 2025 by

Dino Zovi

In many ways, there is often a creative tension between security and functionality or flexibility. We can often improve security by restricting what is possible, but at the same time, high-quality systems and software engineering provides functionality and flexibility, even for unanticipated use-cases. It turns out that the hardest problem on defense is knowing precisely how much security is the right amount everywhere, all at once. If you secure things too much, you can suffocate future growth, but if you don’t secure them enough, you might get pwned. Read more...