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Sept. 2, 2026
Winning DEF CON CTF, Failing at Consulting, and Building an All-Senior Hacker Firm — Erik Cabetas (Include Security)
Erik Cabetas won DEF CON CTF his first year, failed at running a consulting shop, then came back five years later and built Include Security into an all-senior application security firm serving billion-dollar software companies. Erik Cabetas is the founder and "head hacker herder" of Include Security, an application security firm he's run for nearly 15 years. His path there was anything but linear. He was a materials engineering major who dropped an entire semester two months before graduation...