Casey Ellis
Casey Ellis | |
|---|---|
| Born | Casey John Ellis |
| Occupation(s) | Cybersecurity expert, entrepreneur, and speaker |
| Years active | 2002-present |
| Known for | Bugcrowd[1] |
| Website | cje.io |
Casey Ellis is an Australian cybersecurity expert, entrepreneur, and speaker based in San Francisco, California.[2] He is known for pioneering the crowdsourced Security-as-a-Service model[3][4] and has contributed to Federal and State-level elections security policy in the USA.[5] He is often quoted by mainstream media outlets in the United States and Australia.[6][7]
Career
Casey Ellis began his career as a penetration tester. In 2012, he pioneered the crowdsourced Security-as-a-Service model and launched the first program known as Bugcrowd.[8] After two years, he founded disclose.io, an open-source project for vulnerability disclosure and safe-harbor.[9]
In 2017, Casey Ellis became a mentor for CyRise, a venture accelerator focused on early-stage cybersecurity startups based in Melbourne, Australia.[10] He is also a mentor and advisor for the Australian financial business Startmate.[11]
In 2019, he joined Flirtey which is a Nevada-based drone delivery company and served in their advisory board.[11] In 2020, he became a member of the CTI League, a volunteer group of 1,400 cybersecurity experts from 76 countries around the world working to neutralize all cyber threats looking to exploit the current Covid-19 pandemic.[12]
Casey Ellis has been an active advocate for rights of good-faith cybersecurity research. His speaking engagements including Black Hat USA, RSA Conference,[13] Shmoocon,[14] ENISA Incibe, Usenix ENIGMA, Derbycon,[15] SOURCEConf, AISA, AusCERT etc.[16]
References
- ^ "Tesla's new bug bounty protects hackers — and your warranty". TechCrunch.
- ^ "How Panera Bread Fumbled Its Data Leak—And What to Learn From Its Mistakes". Fortune.
- ^ Press, Gil. "141 Cybersecurity Predictions For 2020". Forbes.
- ^ "Security startup Bugcrowd on crowdsourcing bug bounties: 'Cybersecurity is a people problem'". TechCrunch.
- ^ "Super Tuesday prompts election security vigilance, government warning". SC Magazine. 3 March 2020.
- ^ Sanger, David E.; Perlroth, Nicole (10 May 2020). "U.S. to Accuse China of Trying to Hack Vaccine Data, as Virus Redirects Cyberattacks". The New York Times.
- ^ Fazzini, Kate (12 November 2019). "Iowa paid a security firm to break into a courthouse, then arrested employees when they succeeded". CNBC.
- ^ Lakshmanan, Ravie (25 May 2020). "Pardon the Intrusion #18: Marcus Hutchins, the ransomware hero". The Next Web.
- ^ "Communication, communication – and politics: Iowa saga of cuffed infosec pros reveals pentest pitfalls". The Register.
- ^ "Bug Bounty Startup Raises $26 Million". Fortune.
- ^ a b "Startmate picks its next big startup stars and looks to expand its scope". Australian Financial Review. 30 January 2017.
- ^ Sussman, Bruce. "What Is the COVID-19 CTI League and Who Do They Protect in Cyberspace?". SecureWorld Expo.
- ^ "Casey Ellis, Bugcrowd | RSA Conference 2019". Digital Anarchist Network.
- ^ "Speakers – ShmooCon". ShmooCon.
- ^ "How building a better hacker accidentally built a better defender - Casey Ellis Derbycon 2014 (Hacking Illustrated Series InfoSec Tutorial Videos)". Irongeek.com.
- ^ "Casey Ellis | AusCERT2017". pastconferences.auscert.org.au.