
Overcoming Obstacles To Become A Pentester | A Conversation With Joe "The Blind Hacker" Brinkley | The Hacker Factory With Phillip Wylie
11/19/21 • 42 min
Joe Brinkley—or The Blind Hacker as he is most commonly known in the InfoSec community—shares his story of overcoming a disability to achieve his dream job in cybersecurity.
Joe is not only a very talented pentester, but a community contributor, speaker, mentor, and Innocent Lives Foundation Ambassador. Joe shares his story and advice on getting started in cybersecurity.
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Guest
Joe "The Blind Hacker" Brinkley
On Linkedin | https://www.linkedin.com/in/brinkleyjoseph/
On Twitter | https://twitter.com/TheBlindHacker
On YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/user/brinkleyjm
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Host
Phillip Wylie
On ITSPmagazine 👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/phillip-wylie
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Resources
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For more podcast stories from The Hacker Factory with Phillip Wylie, visit: https://www.itspmagazine.com/the-hacker-factory-podcast
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Joe Brinkley—or The Blind Hacker as he is most commonly known in the InfoSec community—shares his story of overcoming a disability to achieve his dream job in cybersecurity.
Joe is not only a very talented pentester, but a community contributor, speaker, mentor, and Innocent Lives Foundation Ambassador. Joe shares his story and advice on getting started in cybersecurity.
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Guest
Joe "The Blind Hacker" Brinkley
On Linkedin | https://www.linkedin.com/in/brinkleyjoseph/
On Twitter | https://twitter.com/TheBlindHacker
On YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/user/brinkleyjm
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Host
Phillip Wylie
On ITSPmagazine 👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/phillip-wylie
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This Episode’s Sponsors
Bugcrowd 👉 https://itspm.ag/itspbgcweb
______________________
Resources
______________________
For more podcast stories from The Hacker Factory with Phillip Wylie, visit: https://www.itspmagazine.com/the-hacker-factory-podcast
______________________
Are you interested in sponsoring an ITSPmagazine Channel?
👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/podcast-series-sponsorships
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Cool And Secure Thanksgiving Tech | A Conversation With Chris Roberts | Your Everyday Cyber With Limor Kessem And Diana Kelley
Heading to the kitchen for some serious cooking for the winter holidays? Chris Roberts joins us as we talk about cool, and secure, kitchen tech and gadgets.
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire and automatically stirred by a pot bot? Holiday turkey that you can check for doneness from your office? There’s some very cool tech to help make your holiday meals great - we’ll help you understand how to keep them safe too.
Conversation highlights:
- What we’re cooking this holiday
- Automatic pot stirrers and barista-bots
- What’s happening with printed toast?
- Is your smart fridge telling criminals when you’re away?
- Privacy considerations at the grocery store
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Guest
Chris Roberts
On LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/sidragon1/
On Twitter | https://twitter.com/sidragon1
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Hosts
Limor Kessem
On ITSPmagazine 👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/limor-kessem
Diana Kelley
On ITSPmagazine 👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/diana-kelley
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Resources
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This Episode’s Sponsors
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For more podcast stories from Your Everyday Cyber With Limor Kessem and Diana Kelley 🎙✨ https://www.itspmagazine.com/your-everyday-cyber-podcast
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A Model In Crisis: Is Cybersecurity Training And Education Simply Not Working? | A Conversation With JC Vega | The National Blast With Keenan Skelly
Are we getting it right? Do we need to reevaluate the model of cyber education and training?
JC Vega and I dig in.
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Guest
JC Vega
On LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcvega-cyber-colonel/
On Twitter | https://twitter.com/teamvega
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Host
Keenan Skelly
On ITSPmagazine 👉https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/keenan-skelly
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This Episode’s Sponsors
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For more podcast stories from The National Blast Podcast with Keenan Skelly, visit: https://www.itspmagazine.com/the-national-blast-podcast
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