I'm super pleased and excited to announce that the awesome FC has kindly agreed to give a talk to us at the ACCU. I had the pleasure of hearing FC give the closing keynote at Devoxx and thought he was excellent. I can guarantee that it will be an entertaining and at times, eye-opening talk. So come prepared to be entertained and challenged all at once!
Talk Synopsis
A light-hearted trip through security failures both physical and electronic that has enabled me over the years to circumvent the security of most of the worlds largest banks.
Through the use of tales from the front line and useful illustrative slides, I will attempt to take you through the lessons to be learned from an ethical hacker with a penchant for breaking into the impossible.
Let me take you on a rollercoaster ride of epic fails and grandiose plans and my Jason Bourne like adventures including Lockpicking, Kidnap, Police chases and multi-million-pound bank heists.
Speaker Bio
FC is a well-known ethical hacker and social engineer. He has been working in the infosec field for over 20 years and excels at circumventing access controls. He has held positions in his career, such as SeniorPenetration Tester as well as Head of Social Engineering and PhysicalAssessments for renowned penetration companies. As Head of CyberResearch for Raytheon Missile Systems, and has worked closely alongside intelligence agencies, he has cemented both his skillset and knowledge as well as helping steer governments take correct courses of action against national threats.
As an ethical hacker and social engineer, FC ‘breaks into’ hundreds of banks, offices and government facilities in the UK and Europe. His work demonstrating weaknesses in physical, personnel and digital controls, assists organisations to improve their security. He is motivated by a drive to make individuals, organisations and countries more secure and better able to defend themselves from malicious attack.
Now Co-Founder and Head of Ethical Hacking at Redacted Firm, he continues to perform valuable research into vulnerabilities. His client list involves major high-street banks in the UK and Europe, FTSE100companies and multiple government agencies and security forces.FC frequently gives talks at corporate events, security conferences, universities and schools and focuses on teaching people of all ages the art of security in an engaging and impactful way. He co-founded the Surrey and Hampshire Hackspace as well as Defcon[masked]. He has co-hosted many podcasts, been featured in the press and regularly writes articles for journals and blogs