Patrick Wardle is the creator of the non-profit Objective-See Foundation, author of the The Art of Mac Malware book series, and founder of the Objective by the Sea macOS Security conference.

Having worked at NASA and the NSA, as well as presenting at countless security conferences, he is intimately familiar with aliens, spies, and talking nerdy.

Patrick is passionate about all things related to macOS security and thus spends his days finding Apple 0days, analyzing macOS malware, and writing free open-source security tools to protect Mac users.