Hacker Conversations: Rob Juncker, a Knock at the Door and a Moral Compass
Mimecast’s Rob Juncker recounts teenage hacking, a legal warning, and his defensive career.
SecurityWeek profiles Rob Juncker, Mimecast’s chief product and technology officer, who argues security leaders should think like hackers. He describes teaching himself BASIC on an Apple IIc, using a forged letter to obtain a modem line, and experimenting with software-protection bypasses as a teenager. A law-enforcement warning led him to stop, and studying economics alongside computer science pushed him toward a paid defensive career.