Jeremiah Baker

Jeremiah Baker is an ethical hacker turned keynote speaker with over 18 years of experience in cybersecurity. His team has successfully penetrated systems across various sectors including banking, corporations, government organizations, the energy sector, and hospitality and has never encountered one they couldn’t break into.

What drives this relentless vigilance is a unique personal history: Baker grew up in a family with 56 foster children. Living in a household of that scale, he experienced firsthand the challenges of borderline poverty and food insecurity. In an environment where resources were scarce and safety was never guaranteed, Baker developed a hyper-awareness of his surroundings and an instinct for identifying gaps in protection.

These early life lessons in survival and empathy shaped his career in cybersecurity. He realized that for an organization, a data breach isn't just a technical failure. It’s a loss of stability and security for the people involved. Today, he uses those early lessons to protect companies and their employees from cyber threats.

Baker’s work has been featured in major outlets such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Fox News, and some of the hacking cases have even been included in episodes of hit TV shows like "Burn Notice" and "Homeland."

Baker's work focuses on both the technical and human sides of cybersecurity, including social engineering and fraud. However, his talk "Confessions of a Hacker" is intentionally non-technical, avoids fear-mongering, and is perfectly suited for any audience interested in protecting their organizations. What makes him stand out is that he speaks from the hacker's perspective, teaching audiences how hackers think and operate, and how to stay vigilant in today's digital age.