A hacker’s view of the civic infrastructure: Hashtag Trending, the Weekend Edition for March 23rd, 2024

March 23, 2024 What does the civic infrastructure look like through the eyes of a hacker?

The legendary general Sun Tzu in the Art of War said that in order to defeat your enemy, you must first understand your enemy. How do you do this? He said, “to know your enemy, you must become your enemy.”

If we are to defend our infrastructure, we have to see ourselves through the eyes of the hackers who may attack us. We have to see ourselves clearly, looking for all of our weaknesses.

There is nobody better to help us do this than Nick Aleks, who describes himself as the Chief Hacking Officer at a new firm ASEC.IO

Nick is proud to call himself a hacker. Not the type of hacker who does damage, but one who has the mindset and the skills to see what hackers see and to test defences so that we can strengthen them.

Nick has been a CISO, he’s an author, he’s worked with us on hosting events, and I hope we’ll be seeing a lot more of him in the future.

Join us as Nick and I take a tour of our civic infrastructure through the eyes of a hacker.

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Jim Love

Jim Love's career in technology spans more that four decades. He's been a CIO and headed a world wide Management Consulting practice. As an entrepreneur he built his own tech business. Today he is a podcast host with the popular tech podcasts Hashtag Trending and Cybersecurity Today with over 14 million downloads. As a novelist, his latest book "Elisa: A Tale of Quantum Kisses" is an Audible best seller. In addition, Jim is a songwriter and recording artist with a Juno nomination and a gold album to his credit. His music can be found at music.jimlove.com
Picture of Jim Love

Jim Love

Jim Love's career in technology spans more that four decades. He's been a CIO and headed a world wide Management Consulting practice. As an entrepreneur he built his own tech business. Today he is a podcast host with the popular tech podcasts Hashtag Trending and Cybersecurity Today with over 14 million downloads. As a novelist, his latest book "Elisa: A Tale of Quantum Kisses" is an Audible best seller. In addition, Jim is a songwriter and recording artist with a Juno nomination and a gold album to his credit. His music can be found at music.jimlove.com

Jim Love

Jim is an author and podcast host with over 40 years in technology.

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