--- title: Ethical Hacking Blog | Ted Harrington description: "Ted Harrington is the Executive Partner at Independent Security Evaluators (ISE), the company of ethical hackers famous for hacking cars, medical devices, and password managers. He’s helped hundreds of companies such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Netflix fix tens of thousands of security vulnerabilities. Ted has been featured in more than one hundred media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Forbes. His team founded and organizes IoT Village, an event whose hacking contest has produced three DEF CON Black Badges.\n\nTo get help with security consulting and security assessments, or to book Ted to keynote your next event, visit https://www.tedharrington.com." --- [![vast.png](https://blog.ise.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Brand%20Images/Logos/logo.png?width=300&height=130&name=logo.png "vast.png")](https://www.ise.io/) - [About](https://www.ise.io/about/values/) - [Services](https://www.ise.io/services/vulnerability-assessments/) - [Research](https://www.ise.io/research/) [![Ask An Expert](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/7197110/a5e42f88-f4cb-406c-83d7-a6e50c1e0d04.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/7197110/a5e42f88-f4cb-406c-83d7-a6e50c1e0d04) ## Ted Harrington Ted Harrington is the Executive Partner at Independent Security Evaluators (ISE), the company of ethical hackers famous for hacking cars, medical devices, and password managers. He’s helped hundreds of companies such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Netflix fix tens of thousands of security vulnerabilities. Ted has been featured in more than one hundred media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Forbes. His team founded and organizes IoT Village, an event whose hacking contest has produced three DEF CON Black Badges. To get help with security consulting and security assessments, or to book Ted to keynote your next event, visit https://www.tedharrington.com. 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