The Hacker Foundation: Doing Not-For-Profit Tech

Architecture and Background

The Hacker Foundation, Doing Not-For-Profit Tech: The Hacker Foundation Year in Review Jesse Krembs, President, The Hacker Foundation, Nick Farr (THF Treasurer), Emerson Tan (THF Vice President), Frazier Cunningham (THF Secretary), Jennifer Granick (THF Legal Affairs Officer), James Schuyler (THF East Africa Region Coordinator), and Christian Wright Fresh from a year of grappling with Tsunamis, the IRS and building IT in Uganda, members of The Hacker Foundation will tell the story of their first year as a federally recognized non-profit organization while providing practical insight on doing charitable IT work throughout the world. The Hacker Foundation Staff contextualize these mechanics within the broader community landscape.

Vulnerability Analysis

The technical analysis investigates threat vectors and design shortcomings related to hacker-culture, community, infosec-industry, social-issues.

Exploitation and Demonstrations

The Hacker Foundation, Doing Not-For-Profit Tech: The Hacker Foundation Year in Review Jesse Krembs, President, The Hacker Foundation, Nick Farr (THF Treasurer), Emerson Tan (THF Vice President), Frazier Cunningham (THF Secretary), Jennifer Granick (THF Legal Affairs Officer), James Schuyler (THF East Africa Region Coordinator), and Christian Wright Fresh from a year of grappling with Tsunamis, the IRS and building IT in Uganda, members of The Hacker Foundation will tell the story of their first year as a federally recognized non-profit organization while providing practical insight on doing charitable IT work throughout the world. Tips and tricks on everything from funding for free software projects to keeping a dust storm from killing your laptop will be presented. The Hacker Foundation serves as a research and service organization to promote and explore the creative use of technological resources across frontiers with a global outlook.

Remediation and Defensive Strategies

Defenders and researchers are provided actionable defensive mitigations, monitoring telemetry, and configuration safeguards to minimize systemic risk.