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Tamer Şahin
Born
İzmir, Turkey
Occupation(s)Information technology consulting, White hat Hacker, Public Speaker, Author
Websitetamersahin.com

Tamer Şahin (born in İzmir, Turkey) is a Turkish white hat hacker living in the United States.

Overview

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Şahin's interest in computers started when he was 13 years old.

Şahin worked on the philosophy of Ethical Hacking and concentrated on institutionalizing his professional life.

He has consulted on various cases concerning cyber security at both national and international level. He used his talent as an Ethical Hacker to detect the vulnerabilities of numerous computer systems and developed defense strategies for some of the leading organizations in the private sector and also public institutions.

The New York Times journalist [1] and US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency advisor[2] Nicole Perlroth, referred in her best seller book "This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends", to Tamer Sahin and described him as "the first person in the world who found and sold a Zero Day vulnerability". He began discovering and selling security vulnerabilities to iDefense shortly after their vulnerability contribution program was established, ultimately discover and sell over 50 zero-day vulnerabilities and exploits.[3]

Şahin discovered critical zero-day security vulnerabilities in some software companies’ products and published the security vulnerability announcements on global security platforms. He enriched the field of information security by publishing more than 50 security advisories registered under his name. Collaborating with world-renowned software developers like Microsoft, HP, Redhat, Debian and OpenBSD, he identified zero-day vulnerabilities in their software.[4]

Şahin lectures about being a ethical hacker and its philosophy at universities and he gives consultant services to firms (information security contracts stay always confidential) about information security. He wrote about his experiences in the book “Hacker’in Akli” (Eng: Hacker’s Mind), published by "Dogan Kitap". The book made three editions, was on the bestseller list for a month. It is listed in the archives of the Library of Congress Washington DC,[5] Princeton University,[6] Columbia University,[7] Harvard University,[8] Library of Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Patrick Henry College,[9] Salem College,[10] Birmingham-Southern College.[11] He is a graduate of the Faculty of Economics, Department of International Relations.

References

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  1. ^ "Nicole Perlroth The New York Times Profile". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "CISA Names 23 Members to New Cybersecurity Advisory Committee | CISA". www.cisa.gov. December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  3. ^ Perlroth, Nicole (2021-02-09). This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-63557-606-1.
  4. ^ An incomplete list:
  5. ^ National Library of Congress Washington DC. Doğan Kitap. 2012. ISBN 9786050911107. OCLC 855220832.
  6. ^ Şahin, Tamer (2012). Princeton University Library. ISBN 9786050911107.
  7. ^ "CLIO Search Results". clio.columbia.edu. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Harvard University Library".
  9. ^ "Patrick Henry College Library".
  10. ^ "Salem College Library".
  11. ^ "Birmingham-Southern College Library".
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