130: Ethical Hacking with Ted Harrington

Programming Throwdown

"Hacking" is a word that evokes awe from the public, laughter from developers, and pure fear from technology leaders. But what really is hacking? What does trust really mean and how do we acquire and keep trust on the Internet? It turns out that, while hacking is associated with computers, the methods behind it have been around since the dawn of time. Today we have Ted Harrington from ISE to dive deep into hacking, all the way from the medieval times to today.

00:00:15 Intro

00:01:25 Introducing Ted Harrington

00:07:10 Ethical Hackers, Non-Ethical Hackers, and Productivity

00:11:58 Starting out in Ethical Hacking/Security

00:14:40 Imposter Syndrome

00:19:34 What is Hacking?

00:30:48 Is Hacking like magic?

00:38:14 Defense in Depth

00:42:04 Earning trust and The Departed movie (Spoiler alert)

00:59:52 DEF CON® Hacking Conference

01:02:46 Tips on how not to get hacked

01:10:08 ISE.io culture and opportunities

01:24:13 Farewells

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Companies:

ISE (Independent Security Evaluators)

o Website: https://www.ise.io/

o LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/independent-security-evaluators

o Twitter: https://twitter.com/ISEsecurity

o Facebook: https://facebook.com/ISE.infosec

People:

Ted Harrington

o Website: https://www.tedharrington.com/

o LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/securityted/

o Twitter: https://twitter.com/SecurityTed

o Book: https://www.amazon.com/Hackable-How-Application-Security-Right/dp/154451767X

Sponsor:

MParticle

o Website: https://www.mparticle.com/

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