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First Watch Podcast
SafeGuard Cyber
SPECIAL: Katie Moussouris on the Hacker Mindset that Motivates Her Work
47 minutes Posted Mar 30, 2023 at 2:10 pm.
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A lifelong hacker, Katie Moussouris's reputation is legion in cybersecurity. She was the pioneering creator of Microsoft’s bug bounty program, as chronicled in Nicole Perloth’s bestseller, This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyber Weapons Arm Race. She helped the Department of Defense create its first bug bounty program, and previously served as Chief Policy Officer at HackerOne. 

In this episode, this powerhouse duo touch on:

  • Origins of bug bounty programs
  • Taking a hacker mindset to your career
  • The pay equity gap
  • Increasing reliance on technology that we’re having trouble securing

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