Paco Hope

Paco Hope is a Principal Consultant with Cigital, Inc. and has 12 years of experience in the security of gaming systems (lottery systems, online gaming, casino gaming devices), web applications, operating systems, and embedded devices (e.g., mobile phones, smart cards). As a consultant, his customers have included major banks in New York and London, online gambling firms worldwide, and numerous business-to-business software providers. Paco's passion is making software secure and reliable. He believes that securing software is everyone's job, and everyone has a role to play—be they testers, developers, IT staff, or management.