How This Professional Hacker Built Two Cybersecurity Firms In His 30s

[@PhonkEcho]

I knew Mr.Robot had high level Cybersecurity consultants just based on the script. It wasn't the typical hollywood gimmicks of a hacker typing fast and saying "Im in!"

[@xDx4444]

Great interview. Dave is humble and an excellent example for youngsters chasing cybersec dreams!

[@marioromanproduction]

Forbes has been killing it lately with the cyber interviews. Great interviewers too

[@godfrey.ndlovu]

Great interview. Great interviewer. Phenomenal cybersecurity professional.

[@bouncypeople8749]

This is one of those interviews you’ll come back for, Semper Fi brother 🔥

[@hackingdave]

Semper Fi

[@amyjustice5039]

I wish all leaders in cyber security were this awesome! He works hard but knows how he got there too; only with the support of a good wife! ❤

[@IntricateMoon]

Why is the interviewers voice like that? Her "yeah" and " mhm" are really distracting 😂💀 Asmr?? 😂 really not for this kind of interview. And our guy's presence and voice is so powerful 🔥🔥 Thank you Dave for sharing your life!

[@xCheddarB0b42x]

Dave is an awesome human. He's always trying to lift up others.

[@AlexZeBeast]

My man is a machine. It's clear how he became- and remains successful.

[@Cliftyman]

I met Dave at Derbycon many moons ago. Great guy and his cons in Louisville really helped me in my cybersecurity career!

[@mpaso111]

Also David Kennedy seems to be a great guy, was lovely listening to him, he really broke down Who He Is, What He Does and How He Got There. Also interviewer is beautiful and has a great voice.

[@hackingdave]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@Al90333]

On a similar path to the gentlemen, very inspirational. Thank you Forbes. Hopefully you interview me in a few years! See you soon

[@davesecops]

Congrats, Dave. I don't know anyone in our field who has worked harder personally or professionally, and given more back, or been more deserving of success.

[@hackingdave]

❤❤❤

[@brandong6211]

Saw Dave at Texas Cyber Sec conference a couple years ago, really inspired after hearing his talk. Great dude.

[@markweatherford4668]

Wonderful interview Dave. Very inspirational.👃

[@amazingwow326]

Dave is a truly amazingly talented creative cybersecurity guy. Wow 🎉And of course the secret sauce is in the pointed questions Rosemarie Miller asks. Most successful people find it difficult to talk about the early days in their venture. The problems they went through, how they dealt with them..... the first really dark times, the initial start-up habits, the real motivation and the struggles, the step by step learning process and the financial difficulties, overheads, the imperfections, doubts and challenges. She wants the 🎉 real picture to come out so that we can really get encouraged to start afresh in any endeavour. She wants to know what I want to know. Thank You Rosemarie, keep it up. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@jfeo38]

Great interview, Love David’s story, truly inspiring

[@georgerobbins5560]

Great story. Great interview. Thanks.

[@Viktoryspromise]

Wow! What an inspiring interview.

[@kakashisharigan336]

We all knew Mr Robot had a proper cyber consultant behind the script. Now we have a face to the name

[@sutats]

Awesome interview.

[@eps24]

Awesome interview. Great questions as well.

[@cexeodus]

Whats really cool about this is i spoke to Dave and his wife in person without a clue who he was and man they were so supportive and full of advice I did not understand until now, realizing now, who that was 😂 God works in mysterious ways indeed.

[@vangoss]

Awesome interview! I’m inspired, motivated and blessed! I really can’t put into words what I feel. I am so grateful for stumbling upon this video. God never makes mistakes. Thank you Mr Kennedy! Very life changing for me. 😊❤

[@hamilton7181]

ditto! I'm a cybersecurity student with aspirations to own my own cyber company in 8-10 years, this just adds fuel to the fire, plus it's good to know who David is, will definitely be watching his progress

[@hackingdave]

@@hamilton7181 Appreciate it and you got this!

[@mo1hustle]

This is gold.

[@iMentorCloud]

There are very few successful examples like him. The one of the biggest plus is he was done with his mortgage at the age of 30 plus the military experience on top of that - and for leadership and running on your own you gotta know and not the hard skills. Very inspiring 👍👍👍

[@CortezLabs]

Love this

[@brandonwashington4422]

What a great dude

[@sammajor2075]

Very valuable content. Thank you!!!

[@mpaso111]

Thank you again Forbes, your content is truly inspiring a Generation, you are giving CNBC Make It! a run for it's money. I would love to see more content talking about the skills, experience and tools that are necessary to succeed in this Global Economy we have today.

[@ITsecurityEng]

Dave is the man! Great person.

[@thistest2001]

hhmmss: inspiration

[@Hotmustardgas20]

Dave is a true legend and a cool guy

[@awesomesauce804]

It's funny how many paths you can take to get to a dream. This guy took a smart path.

[@Sasquatchbones]

As much as I love his story, he didn’t come from nothing. Right out of Marine Corps he was making 100k + which at that time was top 10% of the country. It’s an amazing story, but saying I made company with money and constant support from those around isn’t impressive it’s a basic prerequisite to become wealthy.

[@hackingdave]

What do you mean? My first job out of the Marines was 60K.

[@deev6729]

Funny, when a former colleague from DBold sought for guidance to help someone else in need via a LinkedIn message a few years ago, there was no response. ;).

[@hackingdave]

I don’t ever log into my LinkedIn or check my messages there, sorry - tons of other ways to reach out and I try to answer as many as I can … my LinkedIn is managed by company / marketing team

[@yay-r6j]

💚

[@heribertohernandez9713]

🔥

[@Jackmanworkin2]

❤

[@AlgoNudger]

Is he better than Dave Aitel? 🤔

[@Aftermost3590]

Yep

[@rwxrw]

her voice so sexy ❤

[@omaralsubael1325]

This video lacks a lot of technical details

[@RR-et6zp]

she wants credit and authority without responsibility or accountability

[@S.Dadudida]

Bisschen anders aber ähnlich...kennen dich nicht aber denke du wärst perfekt für das ich hab wohl versagt und es ist immer so schwer zu glauben wenn mal wirklich ein Erfolg stattfindet

[@dragonnoa1]

I think I heard that to be good at cybersecurity and business you need a good wife 😊

[@hellonihaocomoestas]

these soft american soldiers would have a mental break down if they were fighting in ukraine. His convoy got hit and he's on his knees praying

[@branstark3557]

Probably was born into wealth

[@hackingdave]

Nope, grew up in inner city schools, went to the Marines because I couldn't afford college.

[@puppyDawgw00f]

@@hackingdave are u hiring?

[@amadouthiernobah6071]

may Allah guide this guy to Islam

[@danielgolarz674]

Forbes I'm the author of EIGHT DAYS IN AN INNER CITY SCHOOL please talk about the out of control OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING for k-12 teachers that's why we have teacher shortages

[@andrewcecce]

Can you expand on that? Do they make yall jump through hoops?

[@danielgolarz674]

@@andrewcecce you better believe it. The teacher of the year in one state would not be able to teach in another state without getting a whole nother credential in that state which can cost thousands of dollars and take years regardless of experience and credentials in other states or proven capacity elsewhere. A Harvard mathematics professor could not get a job teaching remedial algebra at a high school without the same nonsense. If our puts potential teachers through this then it looks rather silly when districts complain about teacher shortages. There is no shortage of smart college educated people who want and desire to teach when you strip away most of the ridiculous red tape and bureaucracy and redundant credentialing.

[@andrewcecce]

@@danielgolarz674 that’s ridiculous. Smh. I never knew that. Is that just for public schools or do private schools need the same credentialing?

[@danielgolarz674]

@@andrewcecce public or private they all engage in some sort of red tape nonsense

[@OneManCanStopTheMotorOfWorld]

who cares

[@S.Dadudida]

Ist wie meine Geschichte komisch

[@karanbaheti149]

Iraq

[@Mattlovesburgers]

Great guy terrible interviewer

[@danielgx83]

he sold his soul like finance people , its really not that new.

[@boniface-dq6xv]

hating as usual, its really not that new for you

[@lucascook3290]

He likes to control