Winn Schwartau – VIPSS21
Chief Visionary Officer, SAC Labs (A division of KnowBe4)
Winn has lived Security since 1983, and now says, “I think, maybe, I’m just starting to understand it.” His predictions about the internet & global security problems have been scarily spot on. He coined the term “Electronic Pearl Harbor” while testifying before Congress in 1991 and showed the world how and why massive identify theft, cyber-espionage, nation-state hacking and cyber-terrorism would be an integral part of our future. He was named the “Civilian Architect of Information Warfare,” by Admiral Patrick Tyrrell of the British MoD. He is currently the Chief Visionary Officer, running R&D for SAC Labs, a division of KnowBe4.
His new book, “Analogue Network Security” is a mathematical, time-based and probabilistic approach to justifiable security. His goal is to provide a first set of tools and methods to “fix security and the internet”, including fake news, spam, phishing, DDoS and more. It will twist your mind.
With thousands of credits to his name, Schwartau writes on security, information warfare, privacy, culture and how they all fit together. He consults with private and government organizations around the world, constantly pushing the envelope of understanding and thought. Major White Papers include Verisign: Defining PKI and eFortress: Visualization.
His often controversial yet highly influential writing, interviews and profiles have appeared in Orbis, Wired, NY Times, Information Week, Network World, ComputerWorld, Network Security, St. Petersburg Times, Internet World, Virus Bulletin, Security Management, Infoworld, PC Week, plus dozens of magazines around the world. Although not a hacker, he has been the popular host of DefCon’s Hacker Jeopardy for 17 years and now hosts security games for kids and adults around the world.
Mr. Schwartau’s prior company developed the COMPSEC security technology, which was the foundation of Novell’s C2 secure Netware. This work has received a coveted slot on NSA’s Evaluated Product List. He also led the development of the ENIGMA and ENIX.SYS security systems.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winn_Schwartau
Winn has lived Security since 1983, and now says, “I think, maybe, I’m just starting to understand it.” His predictions about the internet & global security problems have been scarily spot on. He coined the term “Electronic Pearl Harbor” while testifying before Congress in 1991 and showed the world how and why massive identify theft, cyber-espionage, nation-state hacking and cyber-terrorism would be an integral part of our future. He was named the “Civilian Architect of Information Warfare,” by Admiral Patrick Tyrrell of the British MoD. He is currently the Chief Visionary Officer, running R&D for SAC Labs, a division of KnowBe4.
His new book, “Analogue Network Security” is a mathematical, time-based and probabilistic approach to justifiable security. His goal is to provide a first set of tools and methods to “fix security and the internet”, including fake news, spam, phishing, DDoS and more. It will twist your mind.
With thousands of credits to his name, Schwartau writes on security, information warfare, privacy, culture and how they all fit together. He consults with private and government organizations around the world, constantly pushing the envelope of understanding and thought. Major White Papers include Verisign: Defining PKI and eFortress: Visualization.
His often controversial yet highly influential writing, interviews and profiles have appeared in Orbis, Wired, NY Times, Information Week, Network World, ComputerWorld, Network Security, St. Petersburg Times, Internet World, Virus Bulletin, Security Management, Infoworld, PC Week, plus dozens of magazines around the world. Although not a hacker, he has been the popular host of DefCon’s Hacker Jeopardy for 17 years and now hosts security games for kids and adults around the world.
Mr. Schwartau’s prior company developed the COMPSEC security technology, which was the foundation of Novell’s C2 secure Netware. This work has received a coveted slot on NSA’s Evaluated Product List. He also led the development of the ENIGMA and ENIX.SYS security systems.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winn_Schwartau
