Whitney Champion
Whitney is the lead solutions architect at LimaCharlie and a co-founder and former lead architect of Recon InfoSec. She is a seasoned security architect and engineer with over 15 years of experience in designing and automating large-scale security infrastructure. She began her journey as a web and flash developer and sysadmin in the 90s and early 2000s, and after college became a security analyst for the Navy. Her work spans across building advanced security platforms, managing complex multi-environment deployments, and architecting comprehensive solutions that integrate cutting-edge tools and technologies. This includes building, automating, and maintaining the range environments and platforms used to drive and support our trainings. With extensive experience in both the private and public sectors, she excels at automating and orchestrating massive environments and streamlining security operations. Whitney’s passion for security and infrastructure drives her to continuously innovate and enhance the efficiency of security teams and operations. Her certifications include RHCA, RHCE, RHCVA, CISSP, CEH, Security+, Linux+, among others.
Session
Traditional digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) techniques often fall short, struggling to keep up with the speed and scale required by modern environments. This talk explores the limitations of these traditional methods, examining why they can be slow and challenging to scale effectively. Attendees will gain insight into innovative open source tools and techniques that enable faster, more scalable incident response processes—helping teams respond to incidents with greater agility.