CISO Conversations: Nico Waisman – From Self-Taught Hacker to AI-Driven Offensive Security at XBOW

“I don’t think I ever chose a career in cybersecurity. It chose me.” Well, we’ll see…

Nico Waisman was born and still lives in Argentina. If what he says is accurate, it suggests he was born in 1982; one year before a seven-year period of military dictatorship in Argentina came to an end.

Argentine youngsters in the 1980s lived in a time of youthful rebelliousness against the law and the establishment, lingering after the dictatorships. For Waisman, this youthful rebelliousness turned toward emerging technology. He became fascinated by the idea of being able to subvert this tech into doing something he wanted it to do. In short, he became a young hacker – but it was the challenge and enjoyment of doing it rather than any desire to make money or cause harm from it that drove him.

He received no training in computer technology nor cybersecurity. Neither existed in...

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