The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) took place for the time in Ireland. FIRST’s 34th Annual Conference, entitled ‘Neart Le Chéile: Strength Together’ took place in the Convention Centre, Dublin, from June 26 to July 1, 2022. One of the keynote speakers was Mick Moran who with Romain Wartel delivered Online Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM): The Insider Attack You Have Not Seen Coming. Ronan talks to Mick about his keynote and more.

Mick talks about his background, how people abuse technology, encryption, the EU privacy debate, parents educating children about ICT, the traps out there for kids, and his keynote. Mick also talks about blackmail, self harming, Orla’s story, and access to pornography.

More about Mick Moran:

Mick Moran is a member of An Garda Síochána who formerly worked as Assistant Director in charge of the Vulnerable Communities team dealing with all aspects of Human Trafficking, People Smuggling Networks and Crimes against Children. This team manages the development of the International Child Sexual Abuse database (ICSE) and the implantation of the victim identification discipline in global policing. He has a MSc (Hons.) in Forensic Computing and Cybercrime Investigation from University College Dublin and currently teaches on that course.

Arm your kids from as young an age as possible Mick Moran, An Garda Síochána