Keynote

your contributions, today

Keynoting 0xcon in Johannesburg this year, I had the immense privilege of talking and sharing ideas about something that is dear to my heart. That is, giving back more than you take. And by giving back I don’t mean *just* doing research or writing tools. Instead, giving back includes things like writing documentation or even just teaching someone else! In my talk, “your contributions, today” I reflected on a current…

Why defend harder won’t work in the long run and what to do instead – arrest criminals

The whole of information/cyber security is founded on the idea that we can defend ourselves into security. But in the history of competitive endeavours nobody has won by playing defence alone. We have this idea that we can wrap our users and systems in enough padding to protect them in a world where guns exist. We’ve leaned so hard into this idea that we’re on the floor and it’s time…