Trevor Hough

Background

About Trevor Hough

Dedicated IT Security specialist with over 9 years’ experience. Enthusiastic penetration tester with a wide range of skills. Graduated from Algonquin College with an honor in Cyber Security, along with being OSCP certified. Competed in numerous CTF competitions with consistently high results, recently winning the coveted Black Badge at DEF CON in Vegas. Out of the box thinking and a strong passion for the field aids in Trevor’s’ security research and progression. Trevor has built his skills with the understanding that offensive security is the most effective security. Performing multiple penetration tests, vulnerability assessments, risk assessments and forensic investigations, Trevor has a broad scope of applicable skills that play into his success in both blue team security operations and offensive security assessments. Spare time is spent researching and developing cutting-edge offensive techniques and tools as well as being co-presenter of the IoT Village at security conferences across Canada showcasing the common security issues in IoT devices. Trevor is also the co-creator of RFID Village, showcasing the weaknesses in common access control and ticketing/payment systems. Over the past year and a half, Trevor worked on several large-scale cyber exercises in the EU that focused on attacking critical infrastructure as well as several ICS centered assessments including port authorities and transit providers.