The RSA Conference (or “RSAC”) held annually in San Francisco, CA has become one of the largest information security conferences. I was able to get a press pass to the event this year and was pitched heavily for product focused interviews. Most I kindly declined, but there were a few people I did connect with and…

Dr. Gary McGraw is the Vice President of Security Technology at Synopsys (SNPS). Gary quite literally helped create the field of software security. He is a globally recognized authority on software security and the author of several bestselling books on this topic. His titles include Software Security, Exploiting Software, Building Secure Software, Java Security, Exploiting Online…

Cindy Murphy served in law enforcement  for more than thirty years (twenty-five of those years at the Madison Police Department in Wisconsin) before leaving the force to launch Gillware Digital Forensics, where she is co-owner and serves as president and lead examiner. Her peers have called her “one of the most dedicated people in the field of digital…

Scott Schober is the President and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems (BVS), a 44 year-old company and leading provider of advanced, world-class wireless test and security solutions. Scott starting with BVS in 1989 and the company’s product line of wireless test and security instruments has increased to over 100 products with a core focus on Wi-Fi, Cellular, WiMAX,…

Early each year, for the past 12 years, the hacker conference ShmooCon takes place in Washington, DC. This year I was honored and fortunate to get a press pass to this sold out event which the organizers call, “an annual east coast hacker convention hell-bent on offering three days of an interesting atmosphere for demonstrating…