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Making the Leap from Pen Tester to Startup Founder |
Abstract
Hacking is all about problem solving which means it’s entrepreneurial by nature. Being in a technical industry many folks have both great ideas on how to improve security practice as well as the technical capability to execute on those ideas but for most the idea of starting a company is fraught with uncertainty and doubt. This session aims to demystify what it’s like to make the leap from being in the security trenches to starting your own business through the lens of my experiences starting a successful cybersecurity startup (hint: you’ll still be in the trenches). Speaker Bio: Michael Gianarakis is the co-founder and CEO of Assetnote. Michael has over 16 years of experience in the offensive security industry, building and managing offensive security teams across the Asia-Pacific region and pioneering the Attack Surface Management category. He has presented security research around the world, including at DEF CON, Black Hat Asia, BSides, Las Vegas, Hack in the Box, AusCert, Thotcon, 44Con, and OWASP. |
