Security
Pioneers
Pioneers
This cryptographer co-invented the RSA algorithm, one of the first practical public-key cryptosystems, and founded RSA Security.
Who is Ron Rivest?
Before settling on "Amazon," Bezos considered naming his company this, reflecting its goal to be the biggest store in the world.
What is "Cadabra"?
This type of malware holds data hostage until payment is made.
What is ransomware?
This penetration testing framework, with a reptilian name, includes tools like Metasploit and Aircrack-ng.
What is Kali Linux?
Which two members on the team share the same birthday?
Who is Dan and Akila?
This cryptographer co-invented differential cryptanalysis and is known for his work on symmetric key cryptography.
Who is Adi Shamir?
Amazon's first acquisition in 1998 was to purchase what database?
What is Internet Move Database or IMDb?
This security protocol add an extra verification step beyond just a password.
What is two-factor authentication?
This widely-used vulnerability scanning tool, first released in 1998, has become one of the industry standards for security assessments.
What is Nessus?
Which members of the team serve or have served in the military?
Who is Akila, Brendan and Josh?
Known as the "father of the firewall," this Bell Labs researcher created the first network firewall in 1988.
Who is Bill Cheswick?
This 2005-launched Amazon service offered members free two-day shipping and would later expand to include streaming video and music.
What is Amazon Prime?
This type of cyberattack tricks users into revealing sensitive information by impersonating legitimate organizations.
What is phishing?
This widely-used vulnerability scanning tool, first released in 1998, has become one of the industry standards for security assessments.
What is social engineering testing?
Which members of the team previously worked at one of our vendor teams? (IoActive, NCC Group, Accenture, PwC, Bishop Fox)
Who is Brendan, Tony, Tom, Gabe, Congyu and Akila?
Who built the first internet email server for the whitehouse.gov domain?
Who is Marcus J. Ranum?
In 2017, Amazon made its largest acquisition to date by purchasing this grocery chain for $13.7 billion.
What is your "Whole Foods"?
This encryption protocol uses a pair of keys - one public and one private.
What is asymmetric encryption?
This cybersecurity framework provides guidelines for penetration testing and cybersecurity best practices.
What is NIST?
Who on the team have worked together previously, before working together now at Amazon? Your answers should be in pairs.
Who is Brendan and Maria, Tony and Brendan?
This cryptographer created PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) in 1991 and became a prominent figure in the "crypto wars" of the 1990s.
Who is Phil Zimmermann?
In 2015, this Amazon hardware division launched the Echo smart speaker and would later create devices like the Fire TV and Ring doorbell.
What is a Amazon Lab126?
This famous 1988 program, that was intended to measure the size of the internet, was one of the first computer worms to gain significant attention after cause a DOS on approximately 10% of all internet-connected computers.
What is the Morris Worm?
This cryptographic attack exploits timing variations in operations to potentially reveal sensitive information such as private keys.
What is a timing attack or side-channel attack?
Who has been on the team the longest?
Who is Dan and Gabe?