
Charles Henderson
Global Head of X-Force Red
IBM
Austin, TX USA
“The key to a successful career is charting new directions, going in a different way, and doing things differently.”
IBM
Austin, TX USA
“The key to a successful career is charting new directions, going in a different way, and doing things differently.”
Global Head of X-Force Red
I am considered an "ethical hacker", essentially I get paid to think like a bad guy.
My team, IBM X-Force Red, finds the ways to hack businesses before the bad guys. I specialize in network, application, physical, and device penetration testing as well as vulnerability research. I also occasionally do public speaking or media events on subjects relating to security testing and incident response.
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