When he’s not being a consulting hacker, Glenn Wilkinson is building products to help organisations defend themselves against cyber criminals; a security expert with more than 15 years of experience as an ‘ethical hacker’ Glenn has helped several organisations, from startups to governments and multinational conglomerates address security issues.
As a result, he is well-known in the info-security industry and held presentations at many international conferences including BlackHat in Vegas, ZeroNights in Moscow and ITWeb in Johannesburg.
He is also an expert in Machine Learning and AI – holding a master’s degree in the field – as well as having expert knowledge of cryptocurrency having worked for an Ethereum startup.
As a Rhodes Scholar, he holds two master’s degrees from the University of Oxford and teaches Krav Maga in his spare time.
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During this talk, the audience is walked through the life of an underground hacker, ‘Jane’, as she compromises a bank. This keynote presentation demonstrates how a hacker profiles their victims to find their weak spots, breaks in and ultimately steals sensitive information. This talk includes a live demonstration with a volunteer from the audience.
This talk will lift the veil behind significant hacking events through the decades and specifically look at ingenious ways that defenders have either caught, trapped, or warded off, hackers.
Audiences will learn how to defend themselves and our businesses against hackers by lifting the veil behind significant hacking events through the decades.
Are we opening the door to more significant security threats as everything in the urban environment becomes more connected?
Below: All The Ways To Hack Your Phone: Phreaked Out from Motherboard where Glenn show how your phone can be hacked from a simple domestic drone!
Using profiling, the audience members using OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) techniques, replicating the first step a hacker often takes to better understand their target’s habits and weaknesses.
This presentation takes a more serious look at the landscape of how modern nations engage with each other in the online world.
A series of talks are available in the “Debuzzing Buzzwords” series, from hacking to cryptocurrency to machine learning and artificial intelligence.
“Glenn’s presentation at our event was phenomenal. His engaging presentation style kept our attendees on the edge of their seats. He’d welcome back at any future events.” – Colin Field, Diligent World
“I had the pleasure to be invited to an event with Glenn as the main speaker. Not only did I spend the whole hour enthralled, he kept me, and the whole room, engaged with interactive content and a good measure of humour, on a topic which when you delve into it, is more than a little scary!”; – Deboragh Pirie, Business Cost Consultants
Glenn gave an engaging, compelling presentation on the world of ethical hacking. We were all amazed and shocked about how much our phones are telling the world without our prior knowledge! Would highly recommend” – Lucy McLaren, Household Design
“We had the pleasure of hearing from Glenn at our annual conference. He really engaged with the audience and got them thinking about the daily threats to their business.” – April Bingham, Bellwether Green