Plug into New York’s Infosec Community

Summary: Trail of Bits compiled a directory at nyc-infosec.com of infosec gatherings, companies, and university programs in New York City, and it also runs the semi-monthly Empire Hacking meetup for pragmatic security research. The post argues that investors currently associate east coast infosec with Boston, and that NYC's community needs more engagement across uptown and downtown groups, forensics and software security meetings, and academia and industry to gain national and international recognition.
Why it matters: The post's own measure of the gap is reputational: when investors think east coast infosec, they think Boston, not New York - a signal about where attention and deal flow concentrate relative to the talent in the city.

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