Zardus (Yan Shoshitaishvili) is an Associate Professor at Arizona State University, where he pursues passions of cybersecurity research (focusing on binary analysis and exploitation) and education. Zardus has competed in CTFs for over 15 years, hosted DEF CON CTF, and led Shellphish’s participation in the DARPA Cyber Grand Challengge. In order to inspire students to pursue cybersecurity (and, ultimately, compete at DEF CON!), Yan created pwn.college, an open practice-makes-perfect learning platform that is revolutionizing cybersecurity education for aspiring hackers around the world.