Bitcoin allows for new applications that utilize programmatic nanopayments smaller than a penny. Alternatively, bitcoin also allows millions of dollars to be stored on a flash drive, on a piece on paper, or in a passphrase. These disparate ways of using the same underlying bitcoin protocol require vastly different security models.

This talk explores micropayment and wealth storage use cases for bitcoin and examines the various novel cryptosystems used to facilitate micro-penny...

Monitoring for potentially malicious activity in an environment and handling the resulting alerts is vital to the success of a defensive security program. Powerful centralized logging is accessible to all of us, but it is only useful if we understand and take action on the data collected.

How do we also ensure that we have eyes on potential issues while keeping noise to a minimum? What tools and techniques can we use to enhance the effectiveness and responsiveness of a security team...