ST. LOUIS, Oct. 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Missouri-based {hardware} cybersecurity agency Q-Net Security have in the present day introduced that Marc Rogers – internationally-renowned ‘white hat’ hacker and member of the US Ransomware Taskforce – has joined the crew as Chief Security Officer (CSO).
Rogers has been a key determine on the planet of knowledge safety because the late Eighties, each as an moral hacker and as a cybersecurity professional. He brings specialised and huge safety data to Q-Net – an organization designing progressive, high-security cybersecurity options for protection and significant infrastructure, resembling utilities and communications networks.
Rogers’ distinguished and assorted profession has included hacking Apple’s TouchID and the Tesla Model S; revealing vulnerabilities to in the end make the programs safer for each the businesses and their customers. He can be well-known for his work on tv, together with technical help for USA Network’s ‘Mr. Robot’, serving to create hacks for the present, and frequently that includes on the BBC collection ‘The Real Hustle’ as an on-screen professional and designer of technical scams.
Prior to Q-Net Security, Marc was Senior Director of Cybersecurity Strategy for Okta, and the Head of Security for Cloudflare. Q-Net may even be Rogers’ second time constructing a safety firm – he frolicked in South Korea as a CISO, then later moved to Silicon Valley to co-found the disruptive safety firm Vectra.
Rogers is Head of Security for the world’s largest hacking convention, DEF CON, the place he has been an organizer and champion for security and equality for 25 years. More just lately, he additionally gained recognition for co-founding the CTI League, as a response to the worldwide pandemic. The CTI League is a collective of pros, authorities businesses and legislation enforcement from 80 completely different international locations who work collectively to guard the medical sector and different life-saving organizations from cyberattacks. For this work he and his co-founders have been named as Wired Magazine’s ‘People Making Things Better in 2020’.
Q-Net Security CEO Dr. Ron Indeck mentioned the appointment was a serious benefit for the corporate, as Rogers was extremely trusted throughout the various expanses of the worldwide cybersecurity group.
“As Q-Net seeks to entice customers away from traditional software security models to a hardware offering, Marc’s breadth of expertise and insight is proving indispensable,” Indeck mentioned.
Rogers mentioned he was drawn to Q-Net Security as a result of they have been “doing something quite different from the norm”, and had created an providing that was “extremely secure, and better than anything else in the marketplace.”
“For quite a few years, the security landscape has seen a big push to move from hardware into software. While this has driven great scalability and major improvements in agility and interconnectability, it has also introduced substantial complexity – simultaneously creating a vast, often unmapped attack surface. When you’re dealing with extremely sensitive services – such as critical infrastructure – that’s the opposite of what’s needed,” Rogers mentioned.
“Having a very small attack surface, and using hardware to create an environment that is difficult to compromise – which is Q-Net’s approach – is better both in terms of performance, and in terms of security. I would say that describes my approach to things: I like thinking that is outside of the box, which challenges what’s considered ‘normal’, in order to deliver a better solution. I guess that’s probably the hacker mentality: we like things that go against the grain,” he mentioned.
As CSO, Rogers may even be contributing weblog posts for Q-Net Security platforms. Stay up to date on his insights by following Q-Net on: LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook.
ABOUT Q-NET SECURITY
Q-Net Security designs and sells provably-secure {hardware} cybersecurity options to guard protection programs and significant infrastructure, resembling utilities and communications networks. While most different cybersecurity options contain advanced software program that detects and responds to threats after an assault is underway, Q-Net’s {hardware} defends a complete system’s floor. By making a bodily barrier towards would-be hackers, Q-Net provides a strong protection that’s superior to software program detection fashions.
Based in St. Louis, Missouri, Q-Net was based in 2015 by a crew of extremely acclaimed technologists, engineers, and safety consultants.
CONTACT
Jayde Lovell, CMO, Q-Net Security: [email protected] | +1 347 698 3291
