John Benninghoff

Bio

John Benninghoff's interest in cybersecurity began in 1985 when he read the book Out of the Inner Circle: A Hacker's Guide to Computer Security, and found a way to get paid to do it starting in 1998. John is a proud security heretic, bringing his love of human factors, design, economics, probability, and psychology to the practice, focusing on how to integrate security into how work is done and improve organizational performance rather than avoid security issues. He currently consults through his company, Security Differently.

John has also done work in exploratory data analysis and visualization, risk analysis and quantification, Site Reliability Engineering, and writing code in R. John holds a Masters Degree in Safety Science from Trinity College Dublin, where his research focus was on applying safety principles to technology. Outside of work, John enjoys spending time outdoors, hiking running, and camping.

Links to all his current and past work can be found at https://jbenninghoff.com.