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Career Spotlight: Conversation with Ted Harrington

Author of Amazon #1 Bestseller HACKABLE

Location

Online

Date & Time

February 19, 2021, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Description

  • Career Spotlight: Conversation with Ted Harrington
  • Author of Amazon #1 Bestseller HACKABLE: How to Do Application Security Right

This workshop is open to all students with a specific focus on those interested in Cybersecurity.

This event is hosted by the Career Center and the Cyber Scholars Program.

Ted Harrington is the author of Amazon #1 Bestseller HACKABLE: How to Do Application Security Right, and the Executive Partner at Independent Security Evaluators (ISE), the company of ethical hackers famous for hacking cars, medical devices, web applications, and password managers. He’s helped hundreds of companies fix tens of thousands of security vulnerabilities, including Google, Amazon, and Netflix. Ted has been featured in more than 100 media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Forbes

Hack Your System
Your security vulnerabilities exist. The question is simply whether you find (and fix) them before your attackers exploit them. So, you get yourself some security testing.

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But are you going deep enough?

 

Most testing programs are not going deep enough. In this program, you'll learn the core ideas behind effective security testing, including:
  • Why vulnerability scanning isn't enough
  • Why system design matters
  • How you win if you abuse functionality, chain exploits, and seek the unknown unknowns.

Please note: UMBC is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive environment for all faculty, staff, students, and visitors.  If you would like to request accommodations (e.g., ASL interpreters, captioning, wheelchair access, etc.) for this event due to a disability, please notify us at least two weeks prior to the event. Requests received after that time cannot be guaranteed, but we will do our best to make arrangements for program access. Please contact the event host (careers@umbc.edu) with your specific request and be sure to include the event title, date, and time.

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