Social engineering, phishing and building grass roots communities with Dan and Ken

The Security Repo

In this episode, we sit down with Daniel Niefeld and Kenneth Nevers to talk about their journey into security, creating security conferences and building grass roots cyber communities. Get your tickets to RedHackCon free (save $200) as a Security Repo Listener use the code HRCGGuardian23 when purchasing tickets https://www.hackredcon.com/ (First 5 tickets only). Daniel and Ken are two of the founders of RedSeer Security, a penetration testing company based in Florida. Both however have deep roots in the cyber community including organizing and founding many conferences and events but also are the founders of BuildCyber non-profits to help low-income, veterans, neurodiverse and at-risk communities transition into cyber security. In this episode, we not only dive into Dan and Kens background but take a look at how to become involved in the cyber community and what it takes to make and organize an effective security conference. Show notes: HackRedCon -https://www.hackredcon.com/ Build Cyber non-profit - https://www.buildcyber.org/ RedSeerSecurity - https://www.redseersecurity.com/ BIO: Kenneth Nevers, CSO | Offensive Security Lead at Red Seer Security, Inc. Current Certifications: OSEP, OSCP, CRTO, CRTE, CRTP, PAWASP Bug Bounty Hall of Fames: Oracle, Rackspace, Dell, TripAdvisor Ken holds an associate degree in computer and information science with a major in Cyber and Network Security from ECPI University in addition to several red teaming and penetration testing certifications. In his free time, Ken co-organizes BSides Roanoke, co-leads the Roanoke Information Security Exchange, is a member of the Roanoke Linux Users Group, and volunteers on the security team for DerbyCon, the Red Team Village at DefCon, and several other conferences. He is the co-founder of Hack Space Con, a co-organizer of Hack Red Con, leads the offensive security team at Red Seer Security, Christian, daddy to a daughter, two doggies, a kitty and 4 fish, plays guitar and tells dad jokes. BIO: Daniel Niefeld Daniel is the cofounder of Hack Red Con, Hack Space Con, Build Cyber and Red Seer Security. When not being tasks with keeping the hallways and bathrooms clean as the Chief Janitor, he oversees the Social Engineering program with Red Seer. With 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur, his background includes finance, risk management, underwriting complex transactions in Private Equity and technology development. He studied finance and computer science at Florida Atlantic University and Florida International University and is an advisor/Board member to a variety of organizations including the USPSC, Medical Defense Company and Rotary International Global Impact.