In Crisis? Test Security!
Ted Harrington, Partner of ISE and Co-Founder of IoT Village
14 min
14 min
Discover how Ted Harrington (Partner of ISE, Co-Founder of loT Village, and #1 best selling author of Hackable) discovered his leadership blindspot, and which best practice he is best known for that can prevent a future crisis (14 minutes).
CEO BLINDSPOTS PODCAST GUEST: Ted Harrington. He is the Executive Partner at ISE, Co-Founder of IoT Village, and best selling author of Hackable. Ted has helped hundreds of companies fix tens of thousands of security vulnerabilities, including Disney, Amazon, Google, Netflix, Adobe, Warner Brothers, Qualcomm, and more. He is a leader of ethical hackers, helpingcompanies build better, more secure software. He has overseen security research hacking medical devices, password managers, and cryptocurrency wallets.
Ted’s work has been featured in more than 100 media outlets, including The New York Times, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and USA Today. For his stewardship of security research that Wired Magazine says “wins the prize, hands down,” Ted has been named both Executive of the Year [by American Business Awards] and 40 Under 40 [by SD Metro]. He co-founded and organizes IoT Village, an event whose hacking contest is a three-time DEFCON Black Badge winner, and which represents the discovery of more than 300 zero-day vulnerabilities (and counting).
Ted is a Boston Marathon finisher, and holds a Bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University, where he started his first company while a student.
For more information about Ted Harrington, visit https://www.hackablebook.com/
CEO BLINDSPOTS HOST: Birgit Kamps. She started and sold HireSynergy LLC (an “Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Private Company” and a “Best Company to Work for in Texas”), held 3 terms as a Board Member of the Gulf Coast Workforce Commission, was the Chair of the Gulf Coast Workforce Education Committee, and is currently the CEO and founder of Hire Universe LLC. In addition, Birgit is the founder and host of this “CEO Blindspots” podcast which was recognized in 2020 by Spotify for having the “biggest listener growth” in the USA (by 733%), and having listeners in 11 countries; https://ceoblindspots.com/