Sam Crowther

Sam Crowther is CEO and founder of Kasada, an Australian cyber security company. Its industry-leading platform, Polyform, stops malicious automation (bad bots) attacking websites and web applications. Sam started Kasada in 2015 at the age of 19. He now leads teams in Australia and the US, from his new base in New York. While still at school, Sam was the first student to be offered two work placements at the Australian Signals Directorate. On leaving school Macquarie Group recruited Sam to its global cyber threat management team.

Lies, Deception and Fantasy

Sam Crowther & Nick Rieniets

We, the defenders, play in a highly adversarial game. The game is played in the open and the rules require us to hand our adversaries all the information required to defeat us.