Jacob Holcomb
Principal Security Analyst, Independent Security Evaluators (ISE)
Principal Security Analyst, Independent Security Evaluators (ISE)
Jacob Holcomb works as a Security Analyst for Independent Security Evaluators. At ISE, Holcomb works on projects that involve penetration testing, application security, network security, and exploit research and development. Holcomb has been the Principal Researcher on several pieces of ISE research, including the landmark publication SOHOpelessly Broken, which discovered over 50 new 0-day vulnerabilities in network routers and served as the foundation for the first-ever router hacking contest at DEFCON. Holcomb is a highly regarded speaker, presenting at security conferences such as Black Hat USA, Black Hat Europe, DEFCON, DerbyCon, BSidesDC and many others. Holcomb loves to hack his way through the interwebz and has responsibly disclosed dozens of 0-day vulnerabilities in commercial products and services.