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Meet the Cyber Mercenary who can Overthrow a Government – Chris Rock – PSW #803

Chris Rock is a Cyber Mercenary who has worked in the Middle East, US and Asia for the last 30 years working for both government and private organizations. ˇHe is the Chief Information Security Officer and co-founder of SIEMonster. Chris has presented three times at the largest hacking conference in the world, DEFCON in Las Vegas on controversial vulnerabilities. Chris is also the author of the Baby Harvest, a book based on criminals and terrorists using virtual babies and fake deaths for financing. He has also been invited to speak at TED global.

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Guest

Chris Rock
Co-Founder at SIEMonster

Chris Rock is a Cyber Mercenary who has worked in the Middle East, US and Asia for the last 30 years working for both government and private organizations.
He is the Chief Information Security Officer and co-founder of SIEMonster.
Chris has presented three times at the largest hacking conference in the world, DEFCON in Las Vegas on controversial vulnerabilities including;
How hackers could create fake people and kill them using vulnerabilities in the Birth and Death Registration systems around the world.
How cyber mercenaries can overthrow a government working with coup mercenary Simon Mann.
How cyber mercenaries can bypass modern day Jammers using the earth as an antenna to trigger and IED at 2kHz
Chris is also the author of the Baby Harvest, a book based on criminals and terrorists using virtual babies and fake deaths for financing. He has also been invited to speak at TED global.

Hosts

Principal Security Evangelist at Eclypsium
Cyber security lead EMEA at Defence
Executive Director at Guardedrisk
Brainstem Hacker and InfoSec Enthusiast at Redacted
Founder at Infosec Decoded, Inc.
Director of Offensive Security & Research at Trimarc Security, Founder & CEO at Dark Element

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