ICANN hired Jeff Moss, Black Hat and Defcon conference organizer
It is no secret that many large and not very companies are hiring former hackers of computer networks to increase the degree of their own protection against all sorts of computer threats. ICANN, which recently invited Jeff Moss, the famous hacker, founder of the Black Hat and Defcon hacker conferences, is no exception.
For several years now, Jeff has been working on the "bright" side, helping various organizations to get rid of the problems with the security of computer networks. Earlier, he was called Dark Tangent, and there are a lot of things on his account that the “computer security specialist”, as he is called today, should not do it. It is worth noting that at ICANN Moss will work not as an ordinary position, but as vice-president and head of information security.
Moss himself describes himself as a “hacker with 20 years of experience”. Rod Beckstrom, the executive director of ICANN, believes that the best candidate cannot be desired, since Moss, like no one, understands the security problems of computer networks and domain infrastructure. Previously, Beckstrom and Moss spoke together at Black Hat with a presentation of DNSSEC, a system that aims to improve the protection of domains against various threats, including problems such as cache poisoning and others.
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In order to win the war with all sorts of intruders who threaten the security of the domain infrastructure, ICANN invited Moss to work, believing that this is the best option to wage a “war”. True, it is unlikely that even Moss will be able to make cyber threats and “bad” hackers disappear overnight. To take some measures - yes, it is possible, but no one is able to completely eliminate the threat.
But the fact that Moss became the ICANN vice president clearly indicates ICANN’s desire to strengthen the DNS security system as well as possible.
For several years now, Jeff has been working on the "bright" side, helping various organizations to get rid of the problems with the security of computer networks. Earlier, he was called Dark Tangent, and there are a lot of things on his account that the “computer security specialist”, as he is called today, should not do it. It is worth noting that at ICANN Moss will work not as an ordinary position, but as vice-president and head of information security.
Moss himself describes himself as a “hacker with 20 years of experience”. Rod Beckstrom, the executive director of ICANN, believes that the best candidate cannot be desired, since Moss, like no one, understands the security problems of computer networks and domain infrastructure. Previously, Beckstrom and Moss spoke together at Black Hat with a presentation of DNSSEC, a system that aims to improve the protection of domains against various threats, including problems such as cache poisoning and others.
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In order to win the war with all sorts of intruders who threaten the security of the domain infrastructure, ICANN invited Moss to work, believing that this is the best option to wage a “war”. True, it is unlikely that even Moss will be able to make cyber threats and “bad” hackers disappear overnight. To take some measures - yes, it is possible, but no one is able to completely eliminate the threat.
But the fact that Moss became the ICANN vice president clearly indicates ICANN’s desire to strengthen the DNS security system as well as possible.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/118391/
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