Bio

Dino Dai Zovi is a cybersecurity leader, entrepreneur, and investor. As Head of Applied Security Engineering at Block, he oversees the engineering of the security-critical functionality, services, and subsystems behind Block’s products. Previously, he led security for Cash App and for Square’s expansion into EMV card payments, including leading the effort that inspired the PCI Software-based PIN Entry on COTS (SPoC) mobile PIN entry security standard.

Dino is best known in the information security community for winning the first Pwn2Own contest at CanSecWest 2007 and co-authoring the books “The iOS Hacker’s Handbook,” “The Mac Hacker’s Handbook,” and “The Art of Software Security Testing.” A frequent keynote speaker, he has presented his security research at leading conferences including BlackHat, RSA, and DEFCON. A long-standing member of the BlackHat community, he previously served on the BlackHat Review Board and co-founded and hosted the annual Pwnie Awards.

Dino co-founded Linux server attack protection vendor Capsule8 and security research firm Trail of Bits. Earlier in his career, he held leadership roles at Endgame, Two Sigma Investments, and Matasano Security. His cybersecurity career began on the IDART Red Team at Sandia National Laboratories and penetration testing with @stake.