S02.5E01 - Whitehats, Blackhats, A$$hats, and Cybersecurity Conferences, with Maria Bique

F-SIDES: The Cyber Humanity Podcast

Cybersecurity conferences. They are packed full of Whitehats - Ethical hackers who typically adhere to ethical guidelines and legal norms and aim to discover and fix security vulnerabilities to improve systems and protect users. They are packed full of Blackhats - hackers who often ignore ethical guidelines and legal norms and often exploit vulnerabilities for personal gain, cause harm, or make a political statement. Then there's a new third category - which may have been coined during this episode. Asshats. These individuals think it's okay to sexually harass women attending the conference, and companies think it's perfectly acceptable to objectify women to sell products... Join host Jason Loomis and guest-host Erika McKellar as they talk to Maria Bique, CEO and co-founder of CyberCoach, about her experience at RSA 2023 - arguably the world's largest Cybersecurity conference and her take on Asshats...