Microsoft researcher on hacker thinking and cybersecurity
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Mike Walker, a research manager at Microsoft Research, describes on a podcast how hacker culture shaped his career. He led DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge, which demonstrated AI systems that can autonomously find and patch software vulnerabilities and marks its 10th anniversary this year. He helped develop the first all-machine hacking competition and argues that effective security depends on understanding trust and context.
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- Microsoft ResearchLearn the rules: The hacker mindset
Research Manager Mike Walker reflects on a career spanning hacker culture, cybersecurity, and AI, sharing lessons about trust, teamwork, leadership, and why solving difficult problems requires curiosity, judgment, agility—and an understanding of the rules.
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