Rafael Nunez Aponte: Clean and Ethical Online Image

Venezuelan hacker

About Rafael Nunez

Rafael Nunez Aponte is a 35 year-old businessman, born in Puerto Ordaz, Bolivar State, Venezuela. He is the founder of CleanPerception and was interviewed by the magazine Ocean Drive, in which he recounted how he became the ethical hacker he currently is.

Beyond what he did at his 20 years when he broke into the computer system of the Armed Forces of the United States - reason why he was in jail for 7 months- he helped unmask criminals in support of US authorities.

After that episode, Rafael Nunez came to Venezuela in 2009, and founded the company CleanPerception dedicated to manage online reputation; the company currently has offices in Buenos Aires and Miami, and continues to seek global expansion.

InfoSecurity Event in Caracas

Rafael Nunez Aponte

 Regarding the 2016 edition of the annual event InfoSecurity, organized by Information Security Inc. (ISEC), we talked with Rafael Nunez Aponte, in his role of computer security specialist and CEO of MásQueDigital. Nunez spoke to doblellave.com and commented topics about the massification of technology and high Internet connectivity as well as highlighted how vulnerabilities and risks in the field have increased more and more every day. Rafael Nunez expressed his concern and gave a piece of advice about cybersecurity saying that people are used to see Internet as a safe tool, when in the intangible world there are many threats such as:

• hackers,

• robots,

• and social engineering attacks.

From Caracas, Rafael Nunez said that it is important to raise awareness in Latin America since, from his point of view, Latin America people are very reactive and wait too much before acting; he also noted that companies must invest in cybersecurity in order to protect themselves and understand that it is not an expense of resources, but an important investment.