Cameron Camp

Bio

Security Researcher

Education: CISSP, RHCSA

Highlights of your career? Reverse engineering human brain patterns.

What malware do you hate the most? Nation state sponsored low and slow.

Favorite activities? Building and flying airplanes.

What is your golden rule for cyberspace? Stupid hurts.

When did you get your first computer and what kind was it? 1988, Radio Shack TRS-80.

Favorite computer game/activity? Java/Big Data algorithms to find brain patterns.

Articles by author

Ransomware

Ransomware: Should you pay up?

ESET’s Cameron Camp provides valuable insight into what you should do if you're a victim of ransomware.

Cameron Camp 17 Jan 2017 - 02:00PM

Internet of Things

CES: IoT security comes of age

For years, IoT security seemed like solving a problem that didn’t exist. Not anymore says ESET's Cameron Camp, who was at this year's CES.

Cameron Camp 11 Jan 2017 - 02:00PM

Cybercrime

Connected car hacking: Who’s to blame?

ESET's Cameron Camp just about recovered from the sensory overload that is CES to gather his thoughts on what was another fascinating event.

Cameron Camp 9 Jan 2017 - 02:00PM

Cybersecurity

Retailers! Avoid getting hacked during the holiday season (or any other time of the year)

Tips for cash-strapped retailers looking to avoid getting hacked, during the holiday shopping season, or any other season.

Cameron Camp 29 Dec 2016 - 08:55PM

Mobile Security

Security by design for mobile device manufacturers

ESET's Cameron Camp takes a closer look at security by design for mobile device manufacturers, assessing where we are and where we are heading.

Cameron Camp 13 Dec 2016 - 12:00PM

Cybersecurity

Hacking is legal again finally (sometimes)

Go ahead and hack your car, that’s fine now. Go ahead and hack the Department of Defense, that’s okay too under new policies. It wasn't always this way.

Cameron Camp 6 Dec 2016 - 02:00PM

Internet of Things

DDoS robots for the masses: IoT security comes of age

IoT security matters more than ever, explains ESET's Cameron Camp, as the technology, which offers us so much, is vulnerable to attack from cybercriminals.

Cameron Camp 26 Sep 2016 - 01:30PM

Opinion

VMworld: The year of the developer

At VMworld there are a bewildering number of technologies trying to integrate in order to provide your data to entire networks, reports ESET's Cameron Camp.

Cameron Camp 1 Sep 2016 - 01:38PM

Opinion

VMworld: Can you trust your API?

All too commonly API security is something of an afterthought, says ESET's Cameron Camp at this year's VMworld. This needs to change.

Cameron Camp 1 Sep 2016 - 11:35AM

Opinion

VMworld: Do you know where your data is?

VMworld this year feels like a confessional – operators coming clean about their lack of data visibility, heads hung in shame, says ESET's Cameron Camp.

Cameron Camp 30 Aug 2016 - 03:15PM

Opinion

Car hacking: Defcon style

This year at Defcon, the car hacking village is bigger than ever, says Cameron Camp. Key observation? The tools are getting better.

Cameron Camp 9 Aug 2016 - 01:42PM

Opinion

Black Hat 2016: When middleware takes over the world

In years past at Black Hat here in Las Vegas, there was row after row of hardware, then, in later years, row after row of software – Now there’s row after row of middleware.

Cameron Camp 9 Aug 2016 - 11:10AM

Opinion

Interop: Getting a few more years out of your tech

Remember when a 100 gigabyte hard drive was huge? I try not to think about it, but I also remember when no one could figure out what to do with a hard drive “that large”.

Cameron Camp 6 May 2016 - 11:05AM

Cybersecurity

The perimeter is everywhere (so where is your data really?)

It’s hard to protect what you don’t understand. It’s also hard to protect data if you don’t know where it is. ESET's Cameron Camp looks explores the challenges of data security.

Cameron Camp 27 Apr 2016 - 02:30PM

Cybersecurity

RSA: Will your next phone have quantum cryptographic 2FA?

Yes or no, will your next phone have quantum cryptographic 2FA? If one of the vendors here at RSA has anything to do with it, the answer will be 'yes' says ESET's Cameron Camp.

Cameron Camp 4 Mar 2016 - 12:10PM

Cybersecurity

Security is ‘easy’: Just ask someone at RSA

This year RSA is drowning in buzzword-laden security startups. If you’ve got a next-gen cloud-enabled startup that catches 100% of zero days no has even thought of yet, there’s an RSA booth for you. No track record? No problem. Not sure whether it’s hardware or software? No problem. The problem is that real security is really hard.

Cameron Camp 3 Mar 2016 - 02:36PM

Cybersecurity

Managing agile virtual machine security across the enterprise: A closer look

It is important to understand how and when an agile approach to deploying your network defenses in real-time should be performed, says ESET's Cameron Camp.

Cameron Camp 2 Mar 2016 - 02:49PM

Cybersecurity

RSA: Can crypto save your life?

Is there such a thing as security technology that is too good? ESET's Cameron Camp, who is in attendance at RSA, discusses further.

Cameron Camp 2 Mar 2016 - 11:20AM

Opinion

Apple and ‘exceptional access’ to crypto protection

Apple is the latest in a host of technology players to be requested to allow exceptional access, that is, access in exceptional cases where it would be deemed to have high value relative to an active investigation.

Cameron Camp 19 Feb 2016 - 11:20AM

Privacy

Will your Swiss email account stay private (or can the govt take a look)?

A referendum is to be held on Switzerland's proposed surveillance law, a decision lauded by supporters of privacy. ESET's Cameron Camp discusses further.

Cameron Camp 27 Jan 2016 - 01:49PM