We here on the Student scholarship committee are so excited to welcome 9 students this year thanks to *your* donations!
Over the next few weeks we would like to introduce you to some of the students.
Billy Hazley can be found on twitter [@billyhaze] and LinkedIn as Billy Hazley. Billy would like very much to connect!
Q: Is this your first time going to a hacking or Information Security event?
I am a member of the High Tech Criminal Investigations Association (HTCIA) and attended their international convention in Washington D.C. last summer.
Q: What are you most looking forward to at Diana Initiative? What about in Las Vegas?
I am looking forward to networking with others in Digital Forensics and IT Security the most.
I am also excited to attend the lockpick workshop and Jessica Hyde’s Mobile App Parsing Workshop as well as the AWS Security Workshop
Q: What is the thing you are most hoping to go home with, a memory, an experience, a new skill, knowledge around a specific topic?
Parsing data more efficiently and learning more about the different areas of cybersecurity and ethical hacking
Q: What are you studying in school? How do you like it?
I am studying Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity. I enjoy it very much because there are many methods to securing a network and each day presents a new challenge and puzzle.
Q: What is your biggest topic of interests in infosec?
Securing a network and intrusion detection
Q: Have you ever worked at a security company, full time or intern? Where and how was that experience?
I have interned with a communications group who install and maintain physical security through biometric locks and card access.
Q: What is your dream job?
Working with the department of homeland security
Q: What sparked your interest in infosec?
I have always been intrigued with how operating systems work and when I lost a job after 16 years I decided that the new and expanding field of cybersecurity was where my best opportunities to do something I enjoyed.
I hope that you are just as excited to connect and meet with Billy as we are during the conference.
Want to help send someone like Billy to this year’s Hacker Summer Camp on a Student Scholarship?