Harri Hursti and Dan Webber on Saving Democracy One Vote at a Time
Harri Hursti has been working hard to protect the United States election process since 2005. Dan Webber has been pushing the IT industry to get better at locking down essential equipment for over 20 years. What happens when these two team up to defend the actual machines Americans use to cast their ballots?
About Harri Hursti
Harri Hursti (@harrihursti) is a Founding Partner at Nordic Innovation Labs. You may know him better as a world-renowned data security expert, Internet visionary and serial entrepreneur. He began his career as the prodigy behind the first commercial, public email and online forum system in Scandinavia.
Hursti founded his first company at the age of 13 and went on to co-found EUnet-Finland in his mid-20s. Today, he continues to innovate and find solutions to our most vexing problems. He is among the world’s leading authorities in the areas of election voting security, critical infrastructure and network system security.
Hursti is also considered one of the world’s foremost experts on the topic of electronic voting security, having served in all aspects of the industry sector. He is considered an authority on uncovering critical problems in electronic voting systems worldwide. In the last 10 years, Harri has pursued this important subject out of a sense of duty.
About Dan Webber
Dan Webber (@SocialDanWebber) is Managing Partner and Chief Innovation Officer at Nordic Innovation Labs. He has served as Chief Information Officer, Security Officer, and Technology Officer for 22 years - 13 of those years in healthcare and biotech, and the other 9 in manufacturing, technology and hospitality companies.
Webber advises companies that provide artificial intelligence, machine learning, cybersecurity, innovation, design, analytics, advanced computing and digital services to large private and public enterprises around the world.
Over the course of his career, he designed, implemented, and envisioned the network and system process workflow for the first FDA Approved DNA-based sequencing system as Chief Information Officer of Bayer Visible Genetics. His pharmacogenomic systems supported drug discovery and research activities in the areas of HIV, HCV, HBV, and multiple areas of cancer.
About Matt Stephenson
InSecurity host Matt Stephenson (@packmatt73) leads the broadcast team at BlackBerry, which puts him in front of crowds, cameras, and microphones all over the world. Twenty years of work with the world’s largest security, storage and recovery companies has introduced Stephenson to some of the most fascinating people in the industry. He wants to get those stories told so that others can learn from what has come before.
Every week on the InSecurity Podcast, Matt interviews leading authorities in the security industry to gain an expert perspective on topics including risk management, security control friction, compliance issues, and building a culture of security. Each episode provides relevant insights for security practitioners and business leaders working to improve their organization’s security posture and bottom line.
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