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On the heels of her recent honors as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), we take a look back at the events that shaped Ellis' advocacy on behalf of security researchers.
July 10, 2026
There comes a point in many storied careers where a single event sits as a professional fulcrum. For Jen Ellis, that moment happened more than a decade ago.
The spark didn't come from something that happened to her. Instead, it was what she saw her good friend, HD Moore, go through for doing top-notch security research. She was collaborating with the Metasploit creator, running communications for security firm Rapid7 and the firm's growing body of security research. HD Moore and his team conducted the technical exploration, and she engaged with the broader community and told the world why that research mattered.
