Tom Cross (aka Decius) is a security researcher known for delivering late night rants at hacker cons. In the early 1990’s, he ran BBSs and listservs for the hacker community in the southeast US. He attended the first Defcon in 1993. He is a Principal at Kopidion, and creator of FeedSeer, a news reader for Mastodon. Past security industry roles include cofounder and CTO of Drawbridge Networks, Research Director at Lancope, and Manager of IBM X-Force Advanced Research. He has spoken at numerous conferences, including Black Hat, DEF CON, Phreaknic, HOPE, and B-Sides. He has a BSCMPE from Georgia Tech.