Ellen Kowalczyk

Ellen Cram Kowalczyk is a long time security practitioner with a specialization in human factor security including social engineering. She is currently focused on blue team activities for Microsoft Azure. Previously, she has held various roles in large organizations, including leading the AWS EC2 Security team at Amazon, and the AppSec, Usable Security/Fraud and Abuse teams at Microsoft. She most recently spent a year starting her own company focused on programmatic social engineering. She has spoken at many conferences including RSA and multiple B-Sides. Ellen lives in Seattle with her family and two ridiculous French Bulldogs.