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Luke "hakluke" Stephens

Founder of HackerContent and the author behind our cybersecurity marketing writing.

Luke "hakluke" Stephens

Luke "hakluke" Stephens

Luke "hakluke" Stephens is the founder of HackerContent and a well-known offensive security researcher. He helps cybersecurity companies grow by turning deep technical expertise into marketing that earns the trust of a skeptical, technical audience.

Articles by Luke "hakluke" Stephens

Cybersecurity Marketing: A Practical Guide

Cybersecurity Marketing: A Practical Guide

Cybersecurity marketing is hard because security buyers doubt everything. Here's how to position, pick channels, and build pipeline that actually holds up.

Cybersecurity Go-to-Market Strategy: A 2026 Playbook

Cybersecurity Go-to-Market Strategy: A 2026 Playbook

A practical cybersecurity go-to-market strategy for security vendors: ICP, positioning, the buying committee, channels, pricing, and the metrics that matter.

B2B Cybersecurity Marketing That Wins Technical Buyers

B2B Cybersecurity Marketing That Wins Technical Buyers

B2B cybersecurity marketing is its own discipline. Here's how to earn trust, map the buying committee, and win skeptical security buyers over long cycles.

How to Market a Cybersecurity Startup (Founder Guide)

How to Market a Cybersecurity Startup (Founder Guide)

How to market a cybersecurity startup on a budget: a founder-led playbook covering communities, building in public, channels, content, SEO and when to spend.

Cybersecurity Content Marketing That Builds Trust

Cybersecurity Content Marketing That Builds Trust

A practical guide to cybersecurity content marketing: the content types, topic clusters, and SME workflow that actually earn trust from technical buyers.

How to Set a Cybersecurity Marketing Budget

How to Set a Cybersecurity Marketing Budget

Learn how to size and split a cybersecurity marketing budget across brand, demand, content, and events, with realistic cost ranges by stage.

Cybersecurity SEO: A Practical Guide for Vendors

Cybersecurity SEO: A Practical Guide for Vendors

Cybersecurity SEO is its own beast. Here's how to rank for the technical and commercial keywords that actually drive pipeline for security companies.

Marketing to CISOs: How to Reach and Win Them

Marketing to CISOs: How to Reach and Win Them

Marketing to CISOs is brutally hard. Learn how to reach CISOs, the buzzwords to avoid, the proof they trust, and the channels that actually work.

Account-Based Marketing for Cybersecurity: A Playbook

Account-Based Marketing for Cybersecurity: A Playbook

A practical account-based marketing for cybersecurity playbook: account selection, buying committees, intent timing, plays, and measuring ABM by pipeline.

Cybersecurity Social Media Marketing That Works

Cybersecurity Social Media Marketing That Works

Cybersecurity social media marketing for a skeptical crowd: where infosec hangs out, how to build real authority, and how to measure what counts.

Cybersecurity Marketing Metrics That Matter

Cybersecurity Marketing Metrics That Matter

The cybersecurity marketing metrics that earn budget: pipeline, CPMQL, CAC, LTV:CAC, win rate, dark-funnel attribution, and brand signals execs trust.

How to Choose a Cybersecurity Marketing Agency

How to Choose a Cybersecurity Marketing Agency

Picking a cybersecurity marketing agency is harder than it looks. Here's how to vet specialists, compare pricing, spot red flags, and run a low-risk trial.