Independent, research-led, since 1998.
Founded in Seattle in 1998, IOActive built its reputation the hard way — by breaking the systems everyone else assumed were safe, then publishing what we found. Nearly three decades later, that research still fuels every engagement.
Corporate overview
Award-winning research, trusted globally.
IOActive has been at the forefront of cybersecurity and testing services since 1998. Backed by our award-winning research, our services are trusted globally by enterprises and product manufacturers across a wide variety of industries and in the most complex of environments.
For nearly three decades we've pushed the envelope with our research — across every layer of the full technology stack, from silicon to organizations. With embedded-device and silicon hacking labs in Seattle and Madrid, our work has been on the cutting edge of automotive, medical devices, aviation, satellite communications, and more, driven by our unique attacker's perspective.
Leadership
The people who set the standard.
Jennifer “Sunshine” Steffens
Chief Executive Officer — leading IOActive since 2008.
Joshua Pennell
Founder & Chairman of the Board — started IOActive in 1998.
Andrew McDonnell
Field CISO.
Robert Maughan
SVP, Services.
Mark Rossiter
Global SVP, Marketing & Sales.
Dave Litchfield
SVP, EMEA Commercial Strategy.
Advisory board
Guided by the people who built the industry.
Steve Wozniak
Co-founder, Apple.
Cesar Cerrudo
Founder & CEO, Argeniss.
Jim Reavis
Co-founder & CEO, Cloud Security Alliance.
David LeBlanc
Security architect & author.
Vanessa Pegueros
Board director & former CISO.
Randolph Barr
Veteran security executive.
Where we are