Jim Geovedi
Encyclopedia
Jim Geovedi is a renowned IT security expert from Indonesia
, who focuses on the discovery of computer and network security vulnerabilities with a special focus on telecommunication and satellite systems. BBC News
described him as a guy who "doesn't look like a Bond villain... but possesses secrets that some of them might kill for".
He is currently based in Jakarta
, where he works as a security consultant hired to test other companies' computer systems. He has been interviewed on issues including: satellite security system, banking security and including law enforcement.
He holds no university degree. From 1998-1999, after graduating high school, he found himself living on the street without steady work. Media often use him as an example for people can become famous in IT industry by relying on their brains, even without holding college degrees.
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
, who focuses on the discovery of computer and network security vulnerabilities with a special focus on telecommunication and satellite systems. BBC News
BBC News
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described him as a guy who "doesn't look like a Bond villain... but possesses secrets that some of them might kill for".
Information Security works
Geovedi co-founded and ran IT security consulting companies, Bellua Asia Pacific in 2004, later transformed into Xynexis International in 2010, and a managed security services company, Noosc Global in the same year. In 2001, he co-founded C2PRO Consulting, providing general IT consulting mostly for government agencies.He is currently based in Jakarta
Jakarta
Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...
, where he works as a security consultant hired to test other companies' computer systems. He has been interviewed on issues including: satellite security system, banking security and including law enforcement.
He holds no university degree. From 1998-1999, after graduating high school, he found himself living on the street without steady work. Media often use him as an example for people can become famous in IT industry by relying on their brains, even without holding college degrees.