“Between the proliferation of information security conferences (many of which are inexpensive or free) and the abundance of online learning resources and challenges/CTFs, it is easier now than ever for someone to learn the skills required to work in the industry.”
Twitter: @evanbooth • Website: fort.ninja
Evan Booth is a builder, architect, developer, and challenge designer at Counter Hack—a company devoted to building fun and engaging challenges that educate and evaluate information security professionals. When Evan isn’t struggling to get his job title to fit in HTML forms, he loves building stuff out of other stuff, spending time with his family, and hitting the character limit on this bio.
If there is one myth that you could debunk in cybersecurity, what would it be?
“Real hackers wear dark hoodies.” My theory is that the predominant hacker stereotype cycles between the shadowy, hoodie-clad character and the aggressive silhouette rendered entirely out of 1s and 0s based on some combination of factors that have yet to be determined.
How is it that cybersecurity spending is increasing but breaches are still happening?
Effective marketing is effective. Ooh! Someone should put together high-gloss sales materials for those boring, tried-and-true security practices. “Introooooducing [insert lasers + lens flare] Not Leaving Default Credentials on Your Network Printer ...
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