Exploring the efficacy of community-driven TI: a real-world approach

Samir Mody

Samir Mody graduated from the University of Oxford in 2000 with a First-Class Master’s degree in chemical engineering, economics and management. He spent over nine years at Sophos UK, the final three as Threat Operations Manager of SophosLabs. Since August 2010 he has been running K7 Labs in Chennai, India. Samir has actively contributed to the IEEE Taggant System project and other industry collaborations such as AMTSO and CTA. He has co-authored and/or presented papers and participated in panel discussions at various international security conferences (VB, AVAR, EICAR).

Samir's interests include reading (philosophy, politics, history, literature and economics), sport and classical music.

Hariharan S

Hariharan S holds a Bachelor's degree in statistics and a Master's degree in software applications. He has 20+ years of experience in the industry and has, over the years, been part of different departments within K7: ranging from technical support and product QA, to build (and release) team and research lab.

In his current capacity as Director of Threat Research at K7 Labs, he manages the research team tasked with the (un)reasonable goal of staying ahead of the ever-changing threat landscape across platforms. He is also responsible for timely delivery of protection data to all K7-brands and white-labelled products. In addition to liaising with third-party testers and vendors, he also represents K7 at various domestic and international cross-entity security fora to strengthen relationships with other security players in the field.