Paul Asadoorian
Asadoorian helped build a durable public forum for security practitioners through Security Weekly. His combination of technical practice, books, conference presentations, and long-form interviews has connected research to a broad professional audience.
Overview
Paul Asadoorian is a security practitioner and communicator who founded Security Weekly, a podcast network covering information security and hacking. He has held technical roles in universities, consulting, and security-product companies.
His technical interests include penetration testing, vulnerability management, embedded devices, firmware, and supply-chain security. In 2007 he co-authored WRT54G Ultimate Hacking, a book focused on embedded-device and wireless experimentation.
Security Weekly gave practitioners a recurring forum for news, technical discussion, and interviews. Its community value is rooted in sustained, accessible conversation rather than a single vulnerability or product.
Timeline
- 2005Founds Security Weekly.
- 2007Co-authors <em>WRT54G Ultimate Hacking</em>.
- 2009-2015Works at Tenable and builds material on vulnerability management.
- 2020Security Weekly is acquired by CyberRisk Alliance.
- PresentFocuses publicly on firmware and supply-chain security and continues security-community work.
Paul Asadoorian
- Type
- Person
- Era
- 2000s-Present
- Known for
- Founding Security Weekly; Co-authoring Ultimate WRT54G Hacking; Work in penetration testing and vulnerability management; Security education and conference presentations; Research and advocacy around firmware and supply-chain security
- Key date
- 2005
- Tags
- security podcasting, firmware security, penetration testing, vulnerability management, security community
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