Guest well, def con is largest tech conference in the world about 30000 people attended in las vegas pre covid and black hat is one of the largest security conferences also held in las vegas and one the university and one is more like the party. One is focused on professional Career Advancement and the other is focused on the sole of hackers and inspiring them. Host when did you found these . Guest def con is pretty old, before the. Com bubble, before 1993 in about three, four years later black cat started in 1997, i believe. The secret was we did no advertising or marketing and they just grew organically. Host what is your background that you were able to do this . Guest well, originally i thought i would be an fbi agent but instead i turned into a hacker and it was a hobby like everything, a hobby that turned into a career and they started throwing a party for some of my friends that were going away on one of the Computer Networks are belong to and instead i ended up inviting everyon
This week on the communicators, our guest is jeff moss, the founder of black hat. Nd devcon def con mr. Moss, remind us again, what andlack hat and def con other they come about . It is the largest hacking conference in the world. Largest is one of the security conferences also in las vegas. One is a university, and one is a party. One is focused on your professional career advancement, and the other is concerned about the soul of hackers and inspiring. When did you find these . Was about 1993, and about three or four years later, black hatstarted black started. They just grew organically. What is your background that you were able to do this . originally i thought i was going to be an fbi agent. Instead i turned into a hacker. It was a hobby that turned into a career. A party to some of my friends going away. Then wasi knew back online. The internet was brandnew. Everybody started showing up. That was the first to invite everybody publicly. Marxts get joseph involved in our conversati
Fcon is the largest hacking conference in the world. Black hat is one of the largest Information Security compasses, also held in las vegas. One is a university, and one is a party. One is focused on your professional career advancement, and the other is focused on being the soul of hackers and inspiring them. When did you found these . Con is pretty old, it was founded about 1993, and about three or four years later, black hat started. They just grew organically. What is your background that you were able to do this . Originally i thought i was going to be an fbi agent. Instead i turned into a hacker. It was a hobby that turned into a career. I started by throwing a party for some of my friends going away on a few networks that belonged to. Knew backeveryone i then who was online. The internet was brandnew. Everybody started showing up. Everything back then was invite only for hackers and i was the to invite everybody publicly. First lets get joseph marx of the Washington Post involve
Recognizeey i myself. The warnings we had and decisions made about the most recent worldwide Intelligence Committee in january of 2019, and i quote, the United States and the world will remain vulnerable to the next pandemic where large scale outbreak of contagious disease that could lead to massive rates of death and disability, severely affect the world economy, strain international resources, and increase calls from the United States for support. We must ask ourselves what are the warnings are going unheeded, and what can we do right now to protect the American People from other threats . Before the unthinkable happens in the future, how can we exercise strategic and precisive foresight to the best of our ability today to ensure are a nation prepared for tomorrow . That same worldwide threat assessment Cyber Attacks is a top global threat with china, russia, iran, and north korea, raging a silent war capable of shutting down with such Information Systems and critical jeopardizing cr
Our friend senator king from maine and representative gallagher from wisconsin. They are joined by fellow commissioner, retired Brigadier General john c english. Professional of cybersecuritys at the u. S. Naval academy and former Deputy Director of the National Security agency. Welcome. Thank you for coming to discuss this important topic. I would like to extend my congratulations as well to Mike Gallagher and his wife anne on the recent birth of their baby girl grace. Good luck on your greatest adventure yet. I would also like to recognize former policy duress. Director Mark Montgomery who served as Deputy Director of the commission. Yearon 1652 of the fiscal ndaa established the Cyberspace Solarium Commission to study alternative strategies for the defending of the United States against malicious cyber activity. Among the strategies were cyber deterrence, persistent engagement and compliance with International Norms. The commission has produced an impressive report that advocates a