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About the Author
Nitesh Dhanjani is a well-known security researcher, writer, and speaker. He is the author of
Abusing the Internet of Things: Blackouts, Freakouts, and Stakeouts (O’Reilly), Hacking: The Next
Generation (O’Reilly), Network Security Tools: Writing, Hacking, and Modifying Security Tools
(O’Reilly), and HackNotes: Linux and Unix Security (Osborne McGraw-Hill).
Dhanjani has been invited to talk at various information security events, such as the Black
Hat Briefings, RSA, Hack in the Box, Microsoft Blue Hat, and the US president’s National
Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC). Dhanjani’s work has been
reported by large media outlets such as CNN, Reuters, MSNBC, and Forbes.
Dhanjani is currently executive director at a large consulting firm, where he advises C-
suite executives (CEOs, CIOs, CFOs, and CISOs) at the largest Fortune 100 corporations on
how to establish and execute complex multimillion-dollar cybersecurity programs. He is also
responsible for evangelizing new service lines for securing emerging technologies and trends,
including the Internet of Things, connected vehicles, machine learning, big data, the cloud,
mobility, and wearable computing.
Dhanjani graduated from Purdue University with both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in
computer science.