If you have an interest in physical security and want to help your employer secure their buildings, this workshop is for you! Common flaws in locks, alarms, surveillance systems, and employee training will be covered. You’ll learn how to test for them and suggest remediations to company leadership. This is a very hands-on workshop; exhibits from the Physical Security Village will be used to let you try your hand at lock bypass, alarm bypass, forcible entry, social engineering, and other common vulnerabilities! This workshop is aimed at employees whose primary job function does not involve physical security. This often includes cybersecurity teams though, so lots of analogies to infosec concepts will be made. The workshop will be accessible to everyone.

In the summer of 2023, Karen finally pulled the trigger on something she had wanted to do for many years: her first RFID implant. Along with it, she started posting to forums revolving around biohacking and found that despite her research before getting the implant, she had only barely scratched the surface. She found herself joining a crazy community full of hackers, innovators, and cyborgs - where the only limit was whether the tech had caught up to the ideas yet. This talk discusses her journey as a new biohacker, and what she found in her first foray into what might be the coolest community she's ever been a part of.