// ADVERSARY // ADVOCATE // AUTHOR // ARCHITECT

MADE HEADLINES AS A HACKER.
NOW HELPING YOU STAY OUT OF THEM.

I hacked Sony. I stood before a federal judge. I served my time. Now I spend my career making sure what happened to them doesn't happen to you.

VIEW SPEAKING TOPICS GET IN TOUCH
Cody Kretsinger
CODY KRETSINGER // PRINCIPAL SECURITY ADVISOR
5,000+ORGANIZATIONS ADVISED
200+TALKS DELIVERED
1,000+INCIDENTS SUPPORTED
13+YEARS ON DEFENSE
6+MAJOR NETWORKS
FEATURED IN
IT Nation CNN BSides Wired GrrCon BBC XChange NBC Kaseya CBC IT Nation CNN BSides Wired GrrCon BBC XChange NBC Kaseya CBC

SPEAKING TOPICS

VIEW ALL TOPICS →
KEYNOTE // 60 MIN

Symmetric Chaos. Asymmetric Talent.

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

REVIEW ABSTRACT
STRATEGY // 60 MIN

The Panic Gap.

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

REVIEW ABSTRACT
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.

REVIEW ABSTRACT
THE MISSION GAP
There is a massive gap between the way attackers think and the way defenders build.

I live in that gap.

I took responsibility for what I did. Now I use what I learned to help organizations see the threats they're missing.