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== Early life == == Early life ==
Modi is born and raised in ], India. His father is a businessman.<ref name="Forbes">{{cite news|last1=Balachandaran|first1=Manu|date=26 April 2018|title=Saket Modi: Hacking for the greater good|work=]|url=http://www.forbesindia.com/article/innovation-nation/saket-modi-hacking-for-the-greater-good/50031/1}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2020-08-03|title=Lucideus Goes From Elevator Pitch To Silicon Valley High-Flyer|url=https://cybersecurityventures.com/lucideus-goes-from-elevator-pitch-to-silicon-valley-high-flyer/|access-date=2021-01-05|website=Cybercrime Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref> Saket attended school at ]. In school, Saket was often found in the computer laboratory and it is there that he realised he could access the chemistry question paper stored in a password protected file.<ref name="Forbes" /> By using a simple ‘]’ tool, which was available for free on the Internet, he was able to unlock the paper.<ref name=":1" /> He later confessed to his teacher but this small incident helped Modi realize that he could use his skills for social good.<ref name=":1" /> In 2012, he received his undergraduate ] degree from the ], ] with a major in ].<ref name="ABC">{{cite news|last1=Dhamija|first1=Anshul|date=18 February 2016|title=30 Under 30: Saket Modi - Hacking And Securing The World Wide Web|language=en|work=]|url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/30-under-30/30-under-30-saket-modi-hacking-and-securing-the-world-wide-web/42331/1}}</ref> As an undergraduate student, Saket conducted several hands-on workshops on ethical hacking at ] (IIT) campuses across India.<ref name="Forbes" />
Saket Modi was born and raised in ], Saket attended primary school at ]. He received an undergraduate degree in technology from the ], ] in 2012 or 2013.<ref name="Forbes"/>

He is an ]. In 2008, he hacked into his school's IT system, gaining access to a chemistry question paper and that's when he realized that he could use his skills for social good.<ref name="ABC">{{cite news |last1=Dhamija |first1=Anshul |title=30 Under 30: Saket Modi - Hacking And Securing The World Wide Web |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/30-under-30/30-under-30-saket-modi-hacking-and-securing-the-world-wide-web/42331/1 |work=] |date=18 February 2016 |language=en}}</ref> As an undergrad student at LNM, Saket conducted 2-day hands-on workshops on ethical hacking at ] (IITs) campuses across the country for a fee.<ref name="Forbes">{{cite news|last1=Balachandaran|first1=Manu|title=Saket Modi: Hacking for the greater good|url=http://www.forbesindia.com/article/innovation-nation/saket-modi-hacking-for-the-greater-good/50031/1|work=]|date=26 April 2018}}</ref> During this time he "shot to national prominence" demonstrating how to hack into a smart phone in 20 seconds.<ref name="Forbes"/>


== Career == == Career ==

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Indian computer company executive
Saket Modi
Born (1990-07-31) July 31, 1990 (age 34)
Calcutta, India
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, speaker, ethical hacker
Known forFounder of Lucideus

Saket Modi (July 31, 1990) is an entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Safe Security, a Cybersecurity and Digital Business Risk Quantification company, based out of Palo Alto, California.

Early life

Modi is born and raised in Kolkata, India. His father is a businessman. Saket attended school at Lakshmipat Singhania Academy. In school, Saket was often found in the computer laboratory and it is there that he realised he could access the chemistry question paper stored in a password protected file. By using a simple ‘brute force’ tool, which was available for free on the Internet, he was able to unlock the paper. He later confessed to his teacher but this small incident helped Modi realize that he could use his skills for social good. In 2012, he received his undergraduate engineering degree from the LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur with a major in computer science. As an undergraduate student, Saket conducted several hands-on workshops on ethical hacking at Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) campuses across India.

Career

In 2012, while in his fourth year of college, Saket Modi, Vidit Baxi and Rahul Tyagi started Lucideus at the incubator IIT Bombay, using capital from their personal savings and family. In 2013, Lucideus opened its first office in New Delhi. Among the company's accomplishments include doing a security assessment of the BHIM, an Aadhaar-based mobile payment platform designed by the National Payments Corporation of India.

In 2017, Lucideus secured its initial round of funding with $2 million from Sri Shivananda (CTO, PayPal), Rajan Anandan (Managing Director, Sequoia Capital), Victor Menezes (ex-Senior Vice-chairman, Citibank), Vikas Agnihotri (Operating Partner, Softbank Group), Mickey Doshi (CEO, Credit Suisse, India), among others.

In 2018, Cisco's former Chairman and CEO John T. Chambers led an investment round of $4 million through JC2 Ventures to invest in Lucideus. Chambers asked Modi to describe his business in 15 seconds and was hooked by the reply.

In 2019, Lucideus expanded its operations to the USA and other markets in the APAC region, and shifted their headquarters to Palo Alto, California.

Public appearances

Modi has appeared as a guest on TV news programs including News 18, ET Now, NDTV, Bloomberg Quint Live TV and has spoken on various subject of information security and entrepreneurship at international forums like Mobile World Congress, CeBIT (Germany), Forbes under 30 Global Summit (Boston), Confederation of Indian Industry, Cyber-Tech (Israel), ISACA, TiE, TED (conference), etc. In 2017, Saket was invited at India TV’s show on mobile hacking.

Awards and honours

References

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