Securing Industries, One Hack At A Time

Forbes – Information security companies sometimes get blow back from legitimate research that might at first be seen as an unnecessary embarrassment to an entire industry, then in retrospect understood as a necessary—if painful– first step. “If you look at the automotive industry,” said Jennifer Sunshine Steffens, CEO of IOActive, a security company which is celebrating its 20th year this year, “we had been doing work in automotive security research for years. But it took one video going viral — and the talks that came from it — to wake folks up and actually be empowered to do something about it”