‘Budget coding’ is an approach typical of current malware writers. The reason is simple: it is too costly to expend time writing perfect code, when an ‘imperfect’ malware can already be earning its living. When designing your cyber defense, these malware coding ‘imperfections’ need to be appreciated as they reveal patterns in thinking that can help you later.

Join pentester and renowned cybersecurity speaker, Paula Januszkiewicz, for an extremely technical session! Some topics she will cover and demonstrate include:

If you missed Paula’s session at Ignite in Orlando, FL, now’s your chance to join her live!

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Paula Januszkiewicz, CEO and Founder of CQURE, Microsoft MVP and RD, Cybersecurity expert

Paula Januszkiewicz is the Founder and CEO of CQURE and CQURE Academy, which she established back in 2008. She is also an Enterprise Security MVP, honorable Microsoft Regional Director, and a world-class cybersecurity expert, consulting Customers worldwide. In 2017, Paula graduated from Harvard Business School. She delivers keynotes and sessions at the biggest world conferences such as RSA, Black Hat, Microsoft Ignite, SecTor Canada, Australian Cyber Conference, GISEC, GITEX, LEAP, and many others. She is often a top-rated speaker, including being chosen the No. 1 Speaker at Microsoft Ignite (among 1,100 speakers at a conference with 26,000 attendees) and at Black Hat Asia 2019. At the RSA Conference, two of her sessions were among the top 5 best rated. Paula is known for her unique stage presence that is always well-received among diverse audiences, often gathering thousands of people!

Paula has over 19 years of experience in the cybersecurity field, performing penetration tests, architecture consulting, trainings, and seminars. Every year, she takes over 200 flights to provide cybersecurity services for CQURE’s Customers. Paula and her Team also design security awareness programs for various organizations, including awareness sessions for top management. Together, they create various security tools (CQTools) supporting penetration tests, incident response, and forensics, which are shared with the community. Paula is a member of the Technical Advisory Board at the Royal Bank of Scotland/Natwest. And to top it all off, she has access to the source code of Windows!

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