innovation

27
May

What You Give Away Might Be Worth More Than What You Keep

The sticking point is the word "free". If you do happen to get stuck there (and a lot of things will push you in that direction), a lot of the magic in the decision math gets missed. Everything has a Give and a Get and, if you're doing it right, nothing is ever given away for free.
1 min read
27
May
If a tech solution falls in the forest...

If a tech solution falls in the forest...

A solution disconnected from it's problem isn't actually solving anything.
1 min read
07
Mar
The Original Bug Bounty: Alfred Hobbs and the Great Lock Controversy of 1851

The Original Bug Bounty: Alfred Hobbs and the Great Lock Controversy of 1851

Alfred Hobbs: The OG bug bounty hunter who cracked England’s ‘unpick-able’ locks. His breaker mindset exposed flaws, sparked innovation, and proved no system is perfect.
5 min read
04
Aug
9 Must-See Talks at #hackersummercamp 2022

9 Must-See Talks at #hackersummercamp 2022

Here's a list of the talks that I'm going to get myself along to at Blackhat and DEF CON this year, and why...
3 min read
10
May
Titan Talks - Ep 2 - Casey John Ellis with @thecybermentor

Titan Talks - Ep 2 - Casey John Ellis with @thecybermentor

I've watched Heath's journey as a education and community powerhouse, and more recently as an entrepreneur with tcm-sec with much interest and respect. We covered a lot of ground about entrepreneurship, founder DNA, competition, priorities, and the cybers all around.
54 min read
29
Sep
Information Asymmetry and the 1950s Nuclear Bounty

Information Asymmetry and the 1950s Nuclear Bounty

Props to Matt Ploessel for calling out this one... I'd not heard of a bounty around nuclear weapons until today.
3 min read
31
Aug
The Nth Country Experiment and Coincident Vulnerability Discovery

The Nth Country Experiment and Coincident Vulnerability Discovery

Nth Country Experiment - Nuclear MuseumCould any country with the right knowledge and technology build a nuclear bomb? From May
1 min read
01
Sep

Happy 6th Birthday @bugcrowd

6 years ago today I got off a plane armed with a bunch of notes. I’d spent a week
1 min read
23
Jun
How to disrupt a sleepy incumbent

How to disrupt a sleepy incumbent

When building a product or company that’s designed to disrupt a sleepy incumbent there are four phases of typical interaction you’ll have with your future competition.
1 min read
31
Dec

Bugcrowd's First Principles

About 12 months after Bugcrowd started, one of our team pulled me aside and made a suggestion that truly altered
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