Nico Waisman’s career evolved from self-taught hacking in Argentina to leadership roles in offensive security, open source protection, defensive security, and AI-driven security at XBOW. He sees cybersecurity as a path shaped by curiosity, mentorship, and adaptation, while warning that AI could soon enable autonomous malware attacks at massive scale. #NicoWaisman #XBOW #GitHubSecurityLab #Lyft #Semmle #CodeQL #OpenSourceSecurityFoundation
Keypoints
- Waisman taught himself hacking and vulnerability research with no formal training.
- He built a long career in offensive security at Immunity and later GitHub Security Lab.
- He helped advance open source security efforts that became the Open Source Security Foundation.
- He moved into defensive leadership as Lyft’s head of security and privacy, then CISO.
- He now serves as CISO at XBOW, where AI is used for autonomous penetration testing.