Hacker, Discrete Problem-Solver, Straight-shooter.

Pete Herzog is an experienced security expert with as much time in the trenches as in the tower with both offense and defense. As an analyst he can get a grip on the problems and as a hacker he can work outside the box to overcome the barriers. He has advised on how to protect some of the most iconic organizations in the world without judgement and full discretion. He has shown start-ups how to change products to reach their full potential and multi-nationals how to overcome growing pains in security and privacy. He does this through The Institute for Security and Open Methodologies (ISECOM), the global organization he co-founded to research security, trust, and privacy in people, networks, systems, and processes. He promotes the best traits of hackers: resourcefulness, discovery, deep-dive research, learning from failure, problem-solving, and empathy.

Pete is an expert in security tactics which is making operations follow business strategy securely. This comes from his continuous research in security and privacy as a part of life and has led him to constantly being a front-runner in many popular tactics such as: Online Bio-Informatics (1994), Telemedicine (1995), Penetration Testing (1996), online Competitive Intelligence analysis (1998), formalized Open Source Intelligence Gathering (2001), skills-based security certification exams (2002), Cybersafety training for Teens (2003), Attack Surface metrics (2006), Trust Metrics for Zero Trust (2008), formalized Security Analysis (2010), Environment-based Security Awareness Tactics (2014), Intent-based Authentication (2016), Cryptocurrency Darkpools (2017), Moving Target Defense (2018), and AI Comprehension of Unstructured Data (2019).