Yes: John McAfee.
What we call "the cybersecurity industry" [d]evolved from the #antivirus industry that formed in 1988 when John proposed "NCSA" as a media con game. It later split in two (think "Good/Evil Kirk"), and the good stuff became what we know today as ICSA Labs.
What we call "the cybersecurity industry" [d]evolved from the #antivirus industry that formed in 1988 when John proposed "NCSA" as a media con game. It later split in two (think "Good/Evil Kirk"), and the good stuff became what we know today as ICSA Labs.
https://twitter.com/imaguid/status/1603809040869605376
John's antics appealed to reporters infatuated with the newfangled idea of a computer virus. Some vendors (e.g. Solomon's) shunned it but others (e.g. Panda) couldn't help but play along.
Still, the allure of media exposure tainted nearly everything it touched. There was no…
Still, the allure of media exposure tainted nearly everything it touched. There was no…
…ethical foundation in these early days. SANS formed to fill this hole but it struggled at first to make inroads. The late @howardas formed an ethics team inside the White House that ultimately vetted SANS, and he pushed it with every fiber of his being.
https://twitter.com/vmyths/status/1362403487552839680
Unfortunately, DEF CON had taken root as a Vegas frat party, as noted in a 1997 after-action report from our fed (a 2LT) at the 609th IWS who attended it. It became an open secret that "presentation" trumped "ethics," even after the #MeToo movement.
https://twitter.com/vmyths/status/853206988658020353
And then there was (ISC)², founded in the same timeframe as McAfee's con game. Its corporate ethics #ironically started to interfere with their certification ethics and … we all know which side of the coin it landed on. 😓
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