https://www.linkedin.com/in/jobertabma/ (Jobert Abma) is a co-founder and technical lead at https://www.hackerone.com/ (HackerOne), one of the leading bug bounty service platforms. He is an avid hacker, developer and advocate for transparent and safe vulnerability disclosure. He and co-founder https://www.linkedin.com/in/michiel3/ (Michiel Prins) have been named one of https://www.forbes.com/pictures/gjjh45khmk/jobert-abma-26-and-mic/#29732699479b (Forbes 30 under 30 for 2017 in tech).
As a hacker himself, Jobert has reported critical vulnerabilities to GitLab, Yahoo, Slack, Snapchat among others. Before founding HackerOne, he was a successful penetration tester for a company he founded with customers included: Twitter, Facebook, Evernote and Airbnb, among others. He studied Computer Science at Hanze University Groningen.
In this episode we discuss his early hacking days, how he turned hacking into a job, why he started HackerOne, secure software development, lessons learned as a founder, Internet of Things vulnerabilities, and so much more.
Where you can find Jobert:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jobertabma/ (LinkedIn)
https://twitter.com/jobertabma (Twitter)
https://hackerone.com/jobert?sort_type=latest_disclosable_activity_at&filter=type%3Aall%20from%3Ajobert&page=1&range=forever (HackerOne)
https://github.com/jobertabma (GitHub)