2026-09-20 –, Tesla
This session takes attendees inside the privilege escalation mindset. We will explore the techniques attackers use to enumerate systems, discover hidden permissions, abuse trust relationships, collect credentials, and move from restricted access to complete control.
Getting inside is only the beginning. The real game starts after compromise.
Once attackers land inside an environment, they begin asking three simple questions:
Who am I?
What access do I have?
What can I become?
Those answers determine whether an attacker remains a limited user - or becomes a domain admin, root user, cloud owner, or autonomous operator.
This session takes attendees inside the privilege escalation mindset. We will explore the techniques attackers use to enumerate systems, discover hidden permissions, abuse trust relationships, collect credentials, and move from restricted access to complete control.
Covering Windows, Linux, Cloud, and emerging AI systems, this talk reveals how privilege escalation has evolved from exploiting machines to exploiting identity itself.
Joseph Carson is an award-winning cybersecurity professional, ethical hacker, and curious problem solver with over 30 years of experience exploring, breaking, and securing technology. As Chief Security Evangelist and Advisory CISO at Segura, he helps organizations defend what attackers target most - identities, privileges, and access.
Holding CISSP and OSCP certifications, Joseph combines a hacker mindset with real-world security leadership, advising governments, critical infrastructure, and global organizations on building stronger cyber resilience.
He is the author of Cybersecurity for Dummies, helping educate more than 50,000 professionals worldwide, a global keynote speaker, and contributor to publications including The Wall Street Journal and Dark Reading.
As host of the Security by Default podcast, Joseph explores the stories, techniques, and lessons from hackers, innovators, and security leaders shaping the future of cybersecurity, driven by the belief that curiosity is the foundation of every great hacker.