Pete Herzog

Hacker, Discrete Problem-Solver, Straight-shooter. Pete Herzog is an experienced security expert with as much time in the trenches as in the tower with both offense and defense. As an analyst he can get a grip on the problems and as a hacker he can work outside the box to overcome the barriers. He has advised on how to protect some of the most iconic organizations in the world without judgement and full discretion. He has shown start-ups how to change products to reach their full potential and multi-nationals how to overcome growing pains in security and privacy. He does this through The Institute for Security and Open Methodologies (ISECOM), the global organization he co-founded to research security, trust, and privacy in people, networks, systems, and processes. He promotes the best traits of hackers: resourcefulness, discovery, deep-dive research, learning from failure, problem-solving, and empathy.