Hacking APIs in Financial Services

Oct. 7, 2020

free & online



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Having been recognized in 2019 for downloading 30 financial services mobile apps and hacking them in less than 8 minutes per app, Alissa Knight is now presenting her secrets on the tactics and techniques in targeting and exploiting API endpoints. 

Learn how it is done, directly from someone who is literally writing the book on hacking APIs. Alissa will talk about how she does it and explain some of the vulnerabilities she’s found in some of the largest financial services companies around the world.

Acclaimed author and world-renowned hacker, Alissa Valentina Knight, will be interviewed by LACC member Seth Rao, CTO of SecReliant.

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Speaker: Alissa Valentina Knight, Partner, Knight Ink
Speaker Alissa Valentina Knight, Partner, Knight Ink
Alissa Knight is a recovering hacker of 20 years, blending hacking with a unique style of written and visual content creation for challenger brands and market leaders in cybersecurity. Alissa is a cybersecurity influencer, content creator, and community manager that provides vendors go-to market and content strategy for telling brand …

Alissa Knight is a recovering hacker of 20 years, blending hacking with a unique style of written and visual content creation for challenger brands and market leaders in cybersecurity. Alissa is a cybersecurity influencer, content creator, and community manager that provides vendors go-to market and content strategy for telling brand stories at scale in cybersecurity. She achieves this through ideation to execution of content strategy, storytelling, and execution of influencer marketing campaigns that take decision makers through a brand’s custom curated journey to attract and retain them as long-term partners. Alissa is also a published author, having published the first book on hacking connected cars.


As a serial entrepreneur, Alissa has started and sold two cybersecurity companies to public companies in international markets and now sits as the Managing Partner of Knight Ink, a content marketing and community management company in cybersecurity and is also the group CEO of Brier & Thorn, a managed security service provider.

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Speaker: Seth Rao, Founder/CTO, SecReliant
Speaker Seth Rao, Founder/CTO, SecReliant
Seth Rao is the founder and CTO of SecReliant, LLC, a cybersecurity firm which specializes in Risk Assessments, Managed Detection and Response, and Virtual Chief Information Services Officer services.  For over 25 years he has designed and managed comprehensive security engagements for selective and discriminating clients.  He has successfully engaged …


Seth Rao is the founder and CTO of SecReliant, LLC, a cybersecurity firm which specializes in Risk Assessments, Managed Detection and Response, and Virtual Chief Information Services Officer services.  For over 25 years he has designed and managed comprehensive security engagements for selective and discriminating clients.  He has successfully engaged in projects for the United Nations, Ultra-High Net Worth Individuals, Big Data Providers, Film and TV, Manufacturing, Medical, Government Agencies, Financial, Real Estate, and non-profit organizations.


Seth also oversees cutting edge/bleeding edge projects for Unmanned Vehicle Systems and the energy industry.  He is an FAA licensed drone pilot, a member of the International Association for Cryptologic Research, and the American Society for Testing and Materials.  In his spare time, he researches innovation in technology for security issues and enjoys dispelling myths about the cybersecurity industry.


 



 

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Date and Time

Wed, Oct. 7, 2020

noon - 1 p.m.
(GMT-0400) America/New_York

Location

free & online



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