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PRESENTATION:
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Keynote: Hack It Forward
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PRESENTER(S):
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Jennifer Steffens
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CONFERENCE:
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HITBSecConf 2014
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LOCATION:
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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DATE & TIME:
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May 30, 2014 at 9:45 AM
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Thirty years ago, movies like War Games and The Manhattan Project inspired legions of tech-savvy, brilliant, creative minds. These bright minds pioneered a deeper understanding of software and computing on a grand scale. They were motivated by the fact that they could have fun while making the world a safer place.
In her keynote presentation, Jennifer will consider what’s motivating the InfoSec industry today. With media-sensationalized hacks and government involvement in cyberwarfare, she will pose the following question: How do we ensure that brilliant minds continue to have fun while tackling seemingly impossible challenges?
About Jennifer Steffens
As CEO, Jennifer Steffens is responsible for all aspects of IOActive’s global business operations including sales, delivery, and finance as well as driving the company’s strategic vision. Steffens brings a wealth of industry and business experience to the company, having been an early member of several successful startups.
Earlier in her career, Steffens was a Director at Sourcefire, where she helped build and grow the business from $250K to an over $35M run rate in just four years. Working closely with the CTO, Steffens helped commercialize the open source Snort technology and build several service offerings around the research initiatives. Prior to joining IOActive, she came to Seattle to help the struggling startup GraniteEdge reinvent itself. She spearheaded initiatives to restructure the company, and developed a product strategy to drive early market penetration that ultimately secured two additional rounds of funding.
With over 10 years of industry experience, Steffens has also held senior management positions at Ubizen, NFR Security, and StillSecure. She graduated from Mary Washington University with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology.
About Hack In The Box Security Conference
The main aim of the HITBSecConf conference series is to create a truly technical and deep knowledge event in order to allow you to learn first hand on the security threats you face in todays super connected world. The HITBSecConf platform is used to enable the dissemination, discussion and sharing of critical network security information. Presented by respected members of both the mainstream network security arena as well as the underground or black hat community, our events routinely highlight new and ground-breaking attack and defense methods that have not been seen or discussed in public before.
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