The Hacker Foundation: an Introduction
Jesse Krembs and Nicholas Farr explores the hacker foundation: an introduction at DEF CON 12, examining hacker-foundation and practical defenses.
Summary
Architecture and Background
Jesee Krembs and Nicholas Farr, The Hacker Foundation: An Introduction The Hacker Foundation (THF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to establishing and maintaining a research and service organization to promote and explore the creative use of technological resources. Simply put, we want to help people do useful things with technology.
Vulnerability Analysis
This announcement is a formal launch of the foundation. There will be a brief statement about the foundation's goals, operations and how the foundation can work for you.
Exploitation and Demonstrations
Jesse Krembs is a Defcon Speaker Goon. He's a cofounder of The Hacker Foundation.
Remediation and Defensive Strategies
Nicholas Farr: After an academic career focusing on memetic sociology and HCI, most of Nicholas Farr's professional career has been in non-profit management. Administrative work in academia, public radio and computer recycling strengthened his ability to navigate difficult bureaucratic situations. He works on The Hacker Foundations administrativa between MBA classes, press assignments and accounting work for a defense contractor in Michigan.
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