{"id":15248,"date":"2019-01-25T12:52:46","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T12:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15248"},"modified":"2019-11-22T10:01:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T10:01:15","slug":"talking-sas-2019-with-david-emm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/talking-sas-2019-with-david-emm\/15248\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking SAS 2019 with David Emm"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kaspersky Lab Security Analyst Summit<\/a> is fast approaching, so this year we thought we\u2019d speak to our very own Kaspersky Lab expert \u2013 David Em<\/p>\n

The SAS, or Security Analyst Summit is an annual conference hosted by Kaspersky Lab. It serves as a great showcase, not only for some of our own cutting edge research, but for invited third party speakers as well.<\/p>\n

David, why do you think that the SAS is so important? <\/strong><\/p>\n

In the first place, each year we see some great research<\/a> presented at the conference \u2013 not least reporting the activities of some sophisticated APT groups and the malware they use to target their victims.\u00a0 In addition, the conference provides a forum where professionals from industry and law enforcement can come together to discuss how best to save the world from cyber-threats.<\/p>\n

What past SAS research do you admire?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think our research exposing the activities of the Carbanak gang, at SAS 2015, was particularly amazing.\u00a0 This was the first time we had seen a \u2018for profit\u2019 group use APT tactics \u2013 to steal upwards of \u00a31 billion from various banks around the world.\u00a0 This dramatic story highlights the great research of our Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT).\u00a0 There\u2019s a brilliant write-up here<\/a>, by the way.<\/p>\n