Paul Dant

Paul Dant has been coding and hacking since 1987. As a security researcher, he has performed offensive security testing of facilities ranging from nuclear energy plants to hospitals to tent-pole film sets. He’s presented to countless audiences the realities of cyberattacks, the hacker mindset, and new paradigms to address the potentially life-impacting threats we are faced with today. He is currently the Senior Director of the Cybersecurity Strategy & Research Team at Illumio, where he works across industries to help organizations understand how to protect their critical assets in the "assume breach" mentality of zero trust.