<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24390" src="https://ancient.cybermaterial.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/quotes-23.png" alt="" width="1200" height="800" /> <blockquote> <p style="text-align: left;"><em>"If security were all that mattered, computers would never be turned on, let alone hooked into a <a href="https://ancient.cybermaterial.com/networking-all-in-one-for-dummies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">network</a> with literally millions of potential intruders." <strong>Dan Farmer - Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America</strong></em></p> </blockquote> <strong>Source: <a href="https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.533.6957&rep=rep1&type=pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Improving the Security of Your Site by Breaking Into it</a></strong> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>About <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/zenfish/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Dan Farmer</a> ( from his LinkedIn account)</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">I've been in security ~30 years; in strategic and hands-on roles as a CTO, CISO, VP, founder, executive, security architect, consultant and researcher.</p> I work to change the world in a positive way. • CTO and co-founder of a security software company (Elemental Security, with ~50 employees, brought in over $20 million in funding) • Top enterprise security architect at four Fortune 500 companies • Awarded three research contracts worth ~ $500k in the DARPA Cyber Fast Track program, including projects on the detection and auditing of IPMI, analysis with Dtrace, and improving the user experience with security programs. • Wrote or co-authored the first web application (SATAN), the first host security auditor and file integrity checker (COPS), the first UNIX/Linux forensic software (TCT), and the first automated lockdown tool (Titan) • Coauthored a book (Forensic Discovery) for the Addison-Wesley Professional Series • Invented data carving, MACtimes, Linux data recovery, helped invent ethical hacking. • Inducted into the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) Hall of Fame Specialties: inspiring people, building teams, and generating lots of novel ideas.