I Fight for the Users: Cybersecurity for the Greater Good

Marc Rogers is CSO for QNetsecurity, a senior technical advisor for IST, and a member of the US Ransomware Taskforce. With a research career that spans more than twenty years, he has been hacking since the 1980s and is now a white-hat hacker renowned for breaking technology like Apple’s TouchID, Google’s Glass, and the Tesla Model S.

Previously Marc was the VP of cybersecurity strategy for Okta, the head of security for Cloudflare and spent a decade managing security for the UK operator, Vodafone. He also spent several years as a CISO in South Korea and co-founded the disruptive Bay Area security startup “Vectra”. A well known and active member of the hacker community, he’s one of the organizers and head of security for the world’s largest hacking conference: DEF CON. He also worked as technical advisor on “Mr. Robot,” where he designed and built hacks for the show.

Lastly Marc is also deeply involved in public policy where he focuses on driving change in defending the “undefendable”, or protecting critical infrastructure like healthcare. During the pandemic he co-founded the CTI League, an award winning, multinational cybersecurity initiative that combines security industry professionals, government agencies and law enforcement from 81 different countries.