Overview

Professional speaker providing keynotes and workshop, for both live events and virtual events. If you struggle to understand how hackers think, operate, or break systems, you want an expert whose been there to help guide you. That's where I come in. Hi, I'm Ted. I know how hackers think, and I know how to defend against them. I know these things because I live on the front lines of ethical hacking. I wrote Hackable: How to Do Application Security Right. Along with my business partner Stephen Bono, we own the security consulting firm Independent Security Evaluators (ISE). Our company is made up of ethical hackers, computer scientists, reverse engineers, cryptographers, software developers, penetration testers, and security consultants. We specialize in security assessments (helping find & fix security vulnerabilities) and security consulting (helping solve complex security engineering problems). Since 2005, we’ve helped hundreds of companies discover (and then fix) tens of thousands of security vulnerabilities. The stories in my keynotes are their stories. Security research is in our blood. The company was born out of the PhD program at The Johns Hopkins University. In our first piece of research, we built a weaponized software radio to hack the onboard computer in a car and then start it without the authentic key. We were the first company to hack the iPhone, and the first company to hack Android OS. We broke new ground hacking medical devices, IoT devices, password managers, and cryptocurrency wallets. Our research has discovered vulnerabilities in products by Apple, Google, Equifax, Verizon, ExxonMobil, PayPal, Ford Motors, General Electric, Toyota Financial, Liberty Mutual, Allstate, ADP, GEICO, PNC Bank, and MetLife. All of these stories and insights are woven into my keynotes, so I can help you do security better.