Panel Talk: Building and Growing a Hacker Space With: l0stkn0wledge, Dave Marcus, and SkyDog
SkyDogCon 2013

Whether you have a loose group of friends who have similar making or hacking interests, or part of a formal group that meets irregularly, sometimes finding a place to make your ideas come together and work on projects can be hard to find. Perhaps you already have a hacker space or are looking to get involved with an existing one in your area. The panelist provide an assortment of experience with starting and running hacker spaces in various locations across the country. Learn about some successes (and probably a few failures) in getting started or helping out your existing maker/hackerspace.

About the Panelists

l0stkn0wledge bio coming soon...

Dave Marcus currently serves as Director and Chief Architect of Threat Research and Intelligence for McAfee®'s Federal Advanced Programs Group. His focus includes advanced research and threat intelligence projects such as Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) analysis, advanced malware identification and classification, hardware-assisted security architecture design and SCADA/ICS research. In his spare time he rides his Harley, is an avid powerlifter, metalhead and family man. He also enjoys practicing the art of lockpicking and is a hacker of things.

With 20+ years of experience in network security and computer science, SkyDog possesses a unique skillset of technological diversity and depth. 

His accomplishments range from the design and support of enterprise level system architectures, to developing custom security products and solutions.

 As an industry leader in the hacker community, his expertise in vulnerability assessment and exploitation, provide him with valuable insight for developing security strategies. He is responsible for establishing and running several Information Security conferences, including Outerz0ne and SkyDogCon. He spends his time researching security, performing data recovery services, and continuing to advance the field of InfoSec through educating and promoting discussion among its community.

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