Imagine just getting married, starting a family and having the FBI show up at your doorstep. Although it sounds terrifying it was the real life situation of Higinio Ochoa.

After what had started as an innocent way to extend game time, Higinio started moving up the stakes for his hacking, and it finally ended up in prison for two years.

Once he came out, he decided to do something with the skills he had, and the new skills he had learned while in prison and now he helps the U.S. Government find vulnerabilities in their systems.

Higinio shares his story with Nigel, and why he’s so passionate about helping others in the world of Cyber Security.

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Full Episode Breakdown:

1:30 – An intro the Cyber Warrior Network

5:18 – Why San Antonio was the place to build a team

6:47 – How meeting a hacker helped really set the precedent for the network.

7:57 – We meet Higinio and get an inside track into his start.

13:02 – The reasoning behind Devcon, and why it’s such an important event.

15:24 – Higinio gives his very first game he loved playing, and how gaming got him into hacking.

21:52 – Understanding the types of hacking like black hat, gray hat, and white hat.

29:31 – The event that truly change his life and led him down a path to become a professional ‘hacker.’

35:25 – How he made the best out of a horrible situation and taught himself Ruby so he could better himself.

39:40 – What advice does Higinio for young kids and a understanding of what true hacking is.

44:30 – We get some inside scoop into his day job as a Incident Response Analyst.

47:50 – Why his days are never the same, and why constantly learning is so important.