About the Speaker
A Lock Picking Village is an interactive space where attendees can learn about lock mechanisms, vulnerabilities, and ethical lock picking techniques. It provides a unique opportunity to understand the intricacies of physical security and the need for robust measures to protect digital systems.
By exploring lock mechanisms and demonstrating potential vulnerabilities, participants gain valuable insights into the importance of secure design and the potential weaknesses that can be exploited. Understanding these vulnerabilities in physical locks can help raise awareness of the critical role they play in overall cybersecurity.
Lock picking is a skill that highlights the significance of comprehensive security strategies, as it showcases the potential vulnerabilities that need to be addressed. By emphasizing the connection between physical and digital security, the Lock Picking Village offers attendees a practical perspective on the challenges faced in the cybersecurity landscape.
Namrata's Bio
Namrata Brahmkshatriya is currently working as a lead in cybersecurity at Supremology. She has 7+ years of experience with expertise in network security, cyber forensics, social engineering, telecom security, and vehicle security. She has significantly contributed to Indian infosec communities by founding The Null Ahmedabad Chapter and The Gujarat Chapter of InfosecGirl. She is currently working in the automotive sector, detecting security vulnerabilities, conducting gap analyses, and providing solutions to mitigate the risk. Namrata is also passionate about telecom security and resilient network infrastructures. Her unique skills extend to lock-picking, which she often demonstrates at Bsides Delhi, Bsides Bangalore, Bsides Indore, Bsides Pune, Nullcon, and GDG (Baroda) infosec events, showcasing her diverse expertise. With a diploma in Cyber Law, she combines technical and legal knowledge to address today’s complex cybersecurity challenges.
Amey's Bio
Currently working as a Principal Threat Researcher at Fortinet. Working from 19+ years in the industry, previously worked as Threat Intelligence Researcher, Information Security consultant, Developer of Firewall/IDS/IPS devices. Speaker at multiple hacker conferences like AVAR, Bsides, Nullcon. Worked in various aspects of Threat Intelligence like Darknet coverage, OSINT, Building & deploying Honeypots, Automation of Darknet data collection. Moderator and Core Team member of hackers group Garage4hackers one of the leet hacker groups of India. Python programmer, official programmer in the past and Now for automation and fun and the love of python. Lock picking enthusiastic, done lock picking workshop at Garage4Hackers meet. Also conducted the first Lock picking workshop in India at NullCon 2015. Hardware and Electronics enthusiast works with AVR and other embedded devices as a hobby. Created first ever hardware badge of Nullcon conference in 2014.