[CincyPG] Fwd: Gary McGraw Software Security Lecture April 3rd

Troy Davis troy at glyss.com
Thu Mar 22 22:47:41 EDT 2007


Forwarded from the XP-Cinci list:
Software Security Lecture at NKU Gary McGraw, CTO of Cigital, Inc., a  
software security and quality consulting firm providing services to  
some of the world's best-known companies, will present a lecture on  
software security on Tuesday, April 3, 2007, in ST254 at 7 p.m.

Dr. McGraw is a globally-recognized authority on software security,  
featured frequently as a keynote speaker at events coast-to-coast as  
well as internationally. His strategic advice counsels business  
executives and top management, technology developers, IT, and  
operations staff in industries such as finance, hospitality, gaming,  
and e-commerce.

Dr. McGraw has, quite literally, written the book on software  
security; six of them best-selling in their field. He co-authored the  
groundbreaking Building Secure Software with John Viega in 2001,  
introducing ideas that are expanded and made actionable in his  
latest, Sofware Security: Building Security In released in 2006. His  
next book Exploiting Online Games will be published in 2007. His  
other titles include Java Security, Securing Java, Software Fault  
Injection, and Exploiting Software; he is also editor of the Addison- 
Wesley Software Security series. He has authored over ninety peer- 
reviewed scientific publications, writes a monthly security column  
for darkreading.com, and is often quoted in the press. He holds a  
dual PhD in Cognitive Science and Computer Science from Indiana  
University and a BA in Philosophy from the University of Virginia. He  
serves as a member of the IEEE Security and Privacy Task Force and  
IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors. He also produces the  
monthly Silver Bullet Security Podcast for IEEE Security & Privacy  
magazine.


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