Learning Should Be Fun – Sam Bowne – PSW #745

June 22, 2022

Many people think security is too difficult to learn because it is such a big field, and constantly growing. But it's endlessly fascinating and surprising, once you learn some fundamentals and get used to feeling stupid. My task is to help people get started, and learn how to appreciate this complex and challenging topic.

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Guest

Sam Bowne

Founder at Infosec Decoded, Inc.

https://samsclass.info/

Sam Bowne has been teaching computer networking and security classes at City College San Francisco since 2000. He has given talks and hands-on trainings at DEF CON, Black Hat, RSA, and many other conferences and colleges. He founded Infosec Decoded, Inc., and does corporate training and consulting for several Fortune 100 companies, on topics including Incident Response and Secure Coding.

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Paul Asadoorian

Founder at Security Weekly

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Josh Marpet

Executive Director at RM-ISAO

Tyler Robinson

Director of Offensive Security & Research at Trimarc Security, Founder & CEO at Dark Element

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http://darkelement.io/

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