Ryan Lackey has worked in information security for two decades across a variety of domains, including payment systems security, federal government contracting, and founding roles at several startups. He has spoken at numerous security conferences around the world, including Def Con, Black Hat Europe, Hack in the Box, RSA, CCC’s 30c3, HOPE, DerbyCon, ToorCon, and ShmooCon. After his company CryptoSeal was acquired by CloudFlare in 2014, he joined CloudFlare with responsibilities including CloudFlare’s Web Application Firewall, mobile and API security products, and novel cryptographic deployments such as Keyless SSL.