Offensive Cybersecurity Practitioner & Educator, The PWN School Project
Phillip has over two decades of information technology and cybersecurity experience. His specialties include penetration testing, red teaming, and application security. When Phillip is not hacking, he is educating others. Phillip is the founder of The Pwn School Project, an education-focused cybersecurity organization. He co-authored the book, “The Pentester Blueprint: Starting a Career as an Ethical Hacker” based on his popular talk presented at numerous conferences. He is an Innocent Lives Foundation Ambassador and a ‘Hacking is NOT a Crime’ Advocate.
The adversary philosophy and mindset are important when trying to emulate a threat actor during a red team operation or offensive cybersecurity assessment or trying to understand them as a defender. In this talk we will take a look at the philosophy and mindset of an adversary as well as what motivates them.
