Andy Thompson is part of the Research Labs Division at CyberArk. This is the team within CyberArk that does ongoing research into offensive technology and information security trends. Before joining CyberArk 5 years ago, Andy spent his time in the trenches as a Senior Systems Admin and Security Engineer. He's worked IT and Security with large hospitals, movie theater chains, bars and restaurants, other service industries, as well as global retail organizations. Andy is CISSP certified by ISC-squared, and a GIAC certified pen-tester. Andy is also an active member of the Dallas Hacking scene where he's known as the 'Travel-Hacker'. He and his family love to travel all over the world on a shoe-string budget.