When most people think about West Virginia, the John Dever song likely springs to mind, with the timeless words "Take me home, country road." Cybersecurity was certainly not at the top of the list of topics I associated with the "Mountain State," but that has changed now that I have met the local security community at SecureWV 2022.
A Lucky Th1rt3en Years
This year's theme was Lucky Th1rt3en, as this was the thirteenth get-together of the region's top security experts, working diligently to keep us all safe on the internet. Anyone lucky enough to attend in person saw two full days of sessions covering multiple aspects of cybersecurity, from deep dives into ransomware, to very technical talks on how malware is built, to becoming an incident responder superstar. If you didn't get the chance to attend in person, you are still in luck, as all the sessions were recorded and will be added to the SecureWV youtube channel.