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SECURITY
WE ‘GO PHISHING’ WITH JAKE MOORE,
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SPECIALIST AT ESET, WHO TELLS US ABOUT ABOU
LIFE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE OFFICE.
What would you describe as your
most memorable achievement in
the cybersecurity industry?
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While working for the cybercrime
within my local police force, I was
digital
asked to give a talk on stage at a
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on stage. I accepted the challeng
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got to work. I always thought I wou
hat
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whit
and
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enjoy social enginee
even
was
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lleng
cha
this
but
hacking,
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more fun than I expected and bein
e
mor
even
it
e
from the police just mad
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aud
the
and
me
exciting – for
account
The moment I got into my target’s
was the
this
knew
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ple,
peo
in front of 500
I find most people
don’t want to talk
about computing – it
is one of those feared
answers at a party
when asking ‘so what
do you do then?’
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note that no privacy was
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experiment and no
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read. And most importantly, the pers
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ed
accessed the email of had agre
this experiment.
What first made you think of a
career in cybersecurity?
I’ve always been into
technology and as a child
I always enjoyed finding
out the backdoors or
hacks into any system.
My current job hadn’t
been created when I was
growing up so I decided
to join the police force
and investigate computer
crime in the digital
forensics unit. This taught
g and
me a huge grounding in computin
ms.
victi
help
to
ion
emphasised my pass
ted
crea
soon
was
unit
e
The cybercrim
Then,
and I was naturally attracted to it.
big
the
e
14 years later I decided to mak
on
ed
thriv
and
d
worl
jump into the private
this leap.
What style of management
philosophy do you employ with
your current position?
r be
I think cyberawareness should neve
when
,
rally
Natu
ing.
nger
seen as scaremo
ribe
desc
they
used
are
tes
cdo
cyberane
have.
the negative impact an attack can
n
However, when delivering protectio
advice, it
can be done
in a positive
way and make
red
people feel productive and empowe
re
cultu
to
to make the simple changes
ll
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ch.
brea
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rt
thwa
which may in turn
t
wha
are
ges
chan
re
edu
steps and proc
and
really add up to the best defence
even
when completed in an engaging, or
ding.
guar
safe
best
fun way, makes for the
What do you think is the current
hot cybersecurity talking point?
I find most people don’t want to talk
e
about computing – it is one of thos
ng
aski
n
whe
y
feared answers at a part
ly
visib
can
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then
do
‘so what do you
as
face
their
from
n
drai
ur
colo
see the
k
it dawns on them they are now stuc
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