day zero speaker

Russ Rogers

Russ Rogers

Russ Rogers is a long time penetration tester and researcher for a Federal contractor, long time staff member of Black Hat and DEF CON, and repeat entrepreneur. Mr. Rogers has extensive experience working in Healthcare, commercial, and Federal environments. The author or editor of 20+ books on hacking and information security, Russ has spoken and taught at conferences around the world, and has been interviewed by news media, such as CNN. He also acts the Professor of Network Security for the University of Advancing Technology, where he’s taught for 11 years. Russ is one of the Executive Producers for the DEF CON Documentary, released in 2013. His primary areas of interest and research at this time are embedded, robotic, and control systems; applying game development concepts to security technology; and enabling the intuitive visualization of complex data sets within information/network security. You can follow Russ on Twitter at @v3rtig0.