// RESEARCHER // HACKER // SPEAKER // AUTHOR

I DON'T STUDY ATTACKERS.
I WAS ONE.

I know what a soft target looks like, because I used to go hunting for them. Now I find the holes first, publish the CVEs, and give vendors a head start before someone with worse intentions turns up. Same instincts. Legal, this time.

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CODY KRETSINGER // DIRECTOR OF SECURITY RESEARCH

5,000+ORGANIZATIONS ADVISED

200+TALKS DELIVERED

1,000+INCIDENTS SUPPORTED

13+YEARS ON DEFENSE

6+MAJOR NETWORKS

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KEYNOTE // 60 MIN

Symmetric Chaos. Asymmetric Talent.

How threat actor recruitment evolved from BBS crews to the coercion-fueled Com ecosystem.

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STRATEGY // 60 MIN

The Panic Gap.

Why Incident Response fails under pressure, and how to build protocols that survive contact.

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KEYNOTE // 60 MIN

Inside the Adversary Mindset.

In 2011, I was on the other side. Now I deconstruct that experience for defenders. First-person testimony from someone who was there.

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I'M THE CASE STUDY.

Most speakers study how attackers think. I was one. So when I walk your audience through a breach, the war stories aren't sanded down for comfort and the methodology isn't lifted from a report. It's memory. People leave a little unsettled, in the way that actually changes behavior.