Tribe of Hackers

Epilogue

One of the mind-blowing things that Dug Song talked about was how the meaning of life is to live a meaningful life. For me, this encapsulated a lot of the things I've felt but couldn't fully express. Throughout life, we kind of feel a certain way about stuff, and then, every once in a while, someone comes along and articulates something that really resonates, condensing everything you felt into a few concise words: the meaning of life is to live a meaningful life.

Anybody who knows me knows that I quote books all the time. There aren't a lot of books that are actually written from a cybersecurity perspective, and I wanted to create a book where the perspective is from people who have worked in the field. I'm surrounded by a lot of really smart people, and I wanted to share some of my conversations with them. I learn a lot by networking and communicating with the people in this space.

One of the things I hope readers will understand is that some of the folks in this book are very well known, successful, and considered in high regard. I wanted to humanize them because sometimes we think our heroes aren't human. One of the questions I asked was about mistakes, which gave us the opportunity to share how we've messed up and, ultimately, reveal that we're all human.

On Running a Company

There are a lot of cybersecurity companies out there, and it can be hard to differentiate yourself in this field. Cybersecurity is still a relatively new area. Amazon launched EC2 in 2008, ...