Mark El-Khoury
Mark started as an offensive security consultant, doing penetration testing and code and design reviews. Mark then expanded his skillset into the defensive side, leading cybersecurity at various organizations and industries, including: Gaming, fintech, and biometrics. Mark is a conference speaker, holds security certifications, and was an instructor at a Columbia University cybersecurity bootcamp for over four years. Mark is now Director of Security Engineering at Movable Ink.
Session
Thirty nine seconds after its launch towards space, rocket no. 501 erupted into a scintillating fireball.
No casualties were reported other than perhaps the ego of a few software engineers: The 1996 inaugural flight of the Ariane 5 rocket was cut short due to a series of software design missteps. We’ll analyze these historical flaws to discuss resilience and product security; Touching on the nuance of testing, validation, legacy code, assumptions during design, and, for when things don't blow up, the unique challenge of proving that a negative event did not occur.