Lucas Apa is a security researcher and consultant at IOActive, Inc. His main interests are vulnerability exploitation techniques, embedded reverse engineering, kernel vulnerability research and cryptography. Focused on offensive security he publicly discovered critical vulnerabilities in Windows, Siemens access controls and Apache projects. His work has been presented at world-renowned conferences including Black Hat Europe, Ekoparty and SecTor. He provides comprehensive security services working with majority of Global 500 companies including power and utility, game, hardware, financial, media, retail, aerospace, healthcare, high-tech, social networking, and software development organizations. Lucas is also currently finishing a degree in Computer Engineering.