• Event: Live Presentation | U.S. Department of Homeland Security and City of Phoenix Information Security Office (ISPO) Brown Bag Series: Spooky Security

    CIty of Phoenix ITS Department 251 W. Washington St., 6th floor, Phoenix, AZ, United States

    Hunter Storm's Spooky Security is a plain‑English, Halloween‑themed walkthrough of real security threats, mapped to classic movie monsters to make the human‑layer patterns impossible to miss.

    Designed for a non‑technical audience, the session shows how everyday behaviors create openings for adversaries — not through code, but through predictable human responses. Each “monster” represents a specific failure mode: curiosity, haste, trust, distraction, and the belief that “it won’t happen to me.”

    The talk uses humor and familiar tropes to make security concepts stick, but the underlying message is serious: most breaches don’t come from sophisticated attacks. They come from normal people doing normal things in environments designed to exploit them.

    Attendees leave with simple, actionable steps to reduce risk, understand adversarial patterns, and recognize when something “feels off.” No jargon. No scare tactics. Just clear, human‑layer security — wrapped in a spooky theme to make it memorable. Presented as part of the collaborative U.S. Department of Homeland Security and City of Phoenix Information Security Office (ISPO) Brown Bag Series

    Free
  • Event: Live Presentation | The Overlooked Cyber Strategy: Protection from the New Wave of CyberThreats (Professional Attacks, Character Assassination, Doxing, Impersonation, and more) — ISSA Phoenix

    Venue 8600 8600 E Anderson Drive, Scottsdale, AZ, United States

    Hunter Storm’s 2019 ISSA Scottsdale presentation introduced one of the earliest unified threat models for identity‑layer attacks — long before the cybersecurity industry recognized identity contamination, synthetic personas, reputational warfare, and hybrid digital‑physical escalation as part of the threat landscape. Drawing from years of research and real‑world adversarial patterns, she mapped how fabricated records, impersonation clusters, and entity‑graph manipulation can be weaponized against individuals with organizational‑scale impact. Attendees received a first look at the frameworks that would later underpin digital‑risk protection, executive digital security, and identity‑layer threat intelligence. This session stands as a foundational moment in the emergence of Identity Layer Security™.

    Free
  • Event: Live Panel | Texas A&M Department of Computer Science & Engineering

    Texas A&M School of Computer Science and Engineering Office: 102 Peterson Building 435 Nagle St., College Station, TX, United States

    Hunter Storm joined cybersecurity leaders from Tesla, Level 3, and other major organizations for a high‑signal career panel hosted by the Texas A&M Department of Computer Science & Engineering. This session gave students and early‑career professionals a rare, unfiltered look at how real‑world threat environments shape modern cybersecurity roles. Storm shared insights from enterprise security leadership, human‑layer threat detection, and cross‑domain operations, helping attendees understand what it takes to thrive in high‑stakes technical careers. Readers will gain clarity on the skills, mindset, and strategic awareness required to navigate today’s rapidly evolving cyber landscape.

    Free
  • Event: Virtual Presentation | Femme Fatale to Federal Whistleblower — ISACA Central Ohio

    Texas A&M School of Computer Science and Engineering Office: 102 Peterson Building 435 Nagle St., College Station, TX, United States

    In this high‑stakes virtual session for ISACA Central Ohio, Hunter Storm draws on real‑world whistleblowing experience, hybrid‑threat analysis, and cross‑domain governance work to reveal what truly happens inside institutions when truth collides with power. Attendees learn how insider‑threat signals emerge, why governance failures escalate, and how cyber‑physical‑psychological vectors shape decision‑making under pressure. Storm’s mission‑driven approach—focused on eliminating retaliation pathways and building systems that surface issues early—offers practitioners actionable strategies for strengthening institutional integrity and resilience. This presentation delivers sharp, memorable insights designed to help organizations operate more ethically, transparently, and effectively.

    Free
  • Event: Live Panel | Phoenix Fan Fusion: Live for the Synthetic Swarm: The Science of Drones

    Phoenix Convention Center 100 North Third Street, North 130, Phoenix, AZ, United States

    A grounded look at how real‑world drone systems behave — from battlefield deployment to cinematic use — and what emerging swarm technologies may mean for the future. Hunter Storm joins the panel to bring lived insight into biomimetic systems and autonomous behavior.

    Free