Hi,
My name is Daniel Miessler and I'm an AI/Security Researcher and entrepreneur based out of the San Francisco Bay Area. My focus is on building AI systems that augment human capabilities rather than replace them. The goal is to help prepare people for a world where AI destroys the traditional corporate labor model, and moves us towards something better—which I call Human 3.0.
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Projects you may have heard of
- I created SecLists with Jason Haddix, and it's been part of Kali Linux since 2018.
- I'm created the Fabric AI Framework in January of 2024, which is a set of crowd-sourced prompts that address specific work and personal use cases.
Background
I've been writing and building in public since 1999. My work unapologetically spans multiple domains, including cybersecurity, AI, technology, society, and philosophical exploration.
Professionally, I've been in cybersecurity for my entire career, and have worked at companies like Apple, Robinhood, IOActive, HP, and others.
History
Here's a timeline of how I got here.
Today
- Since 2022 I've been running my own company called Unsupervised Learning, which is focused on building AI that upgrades humans
- I also advise several companies on cybersecurity and AI adoption, serve as a fractional CISO, and do 2-3 security assessments per year
2021 - 2022 — Robinhood
- Built and ran the Vulnerability Management and Application Security programs
2018 - 2021 — Apple
- Head of Business Intelligence for Information Security for all of Apple. Built and ran the team that's still in place today
2015-2018 — IOActive
- Built and ran the Advisory Services group for IOActive, focused on full-spectrum security assessments
2009 - 2015 — HP
- Had several roles at HP, starting with web security testing and consulting for building application security programs
- Co-founded Fortify on Demand, and built it up from 2 people to over 350 people and being one of the top performing divisions over my time there
2006-2009 — Aflac
- Head of Application Security, focused on web assessments and attack surface for the company
2003-2006 — DynTek
- Technical security assessments and security consulting for government and corporate customers
1999-2003 - Multiple
- University, Computer Science
- Hired as Head of Information Security for the university
- Worked as the IT and Security administrator for the Rosalyn Carter Institute for Caregiving
1992-1998 - US Army
- Infantry
- Airborne, Air Assault
- Infantry
- 101st Airborne
- Served over a year in S2 (Intelligence) for my battalion