INTERVIEW


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A preview interview with one of the many leading expert presenters you can engage with on the it-sa 365 digital dialogue platform.


IT-SA 365’S SPECIAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER JAKE DAVIS WAS A


former member of the Anonymous and LulzSec hacker groups, and a former convicted hacker. He is now a renowned consultant, writer and speaker who is focused on all aspects of hackers, their culture and psychologies. Davis has also been employed as a hacking consultant for mainstream TV and cinema productions.


CSE: What will your it-sa 365 Special Keynote focus on, and what do you hope your audience will learn from it? JAKE DAVIS: My it-sa 365 Keynote will be all about hackers and hacker culture. The intention is to bring that unique perspective to a wide range of topics, such as how governments have responded to hackers over time, what hackers think of various companies in terms of innovations, good/bad security practices, and generally how individuals, companies, and


KEYNOTE ‘THE FUTURE OF HACKING’


Don’t miss Jake’s Special Keynote presentation on hackers and hacker culture, looking at how they sit within the wider security landscape. Thursday 8 October 2020 12:00–13:00 CET


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governments react to perceived threats and various types of attack. For a large part I aim to react to what I hear from listening to other speakers at the event, bringing the hacker viewpoint to the table for whatever subject arises.


CSE: From your perspective, how does today’s ‘hacker culture’ diff er from the culture at the time of your own conviction? JD: There’s always been a divide between hacker culture in, say, the US and Europe. You’ll tend to see conferences and events in the US that are more sympathetic to intelligence agencies and feel


A lot of bright security professionals get their best ideas shut down because a company refuses to innovate and evolve.


more corporate, whereas in Europe they don’t shy away from being political and try to stay true to old-school hacker ideals and motives, with a focus on the basics like information being free and an inherent distrust of authority. When I say ‘hackers’ I don’t automatically mean a bad actor – hacking by default is positive, something that’s beginning to be accepted in the mainstream. One thing that’s annoyed quite a lot of hackers in the past 10 years, and certainly recently, is the appropriation of the culture by the information security scene and corporate infl uence. My keynote will touch on this sentiment.


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