Name Gary McGraw Role Author | Education University of Virginia | |
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Alma mater PhD, Cognitive Science and Computer Science - Indiana UniversityB.A. Philosophy - University of Virginia Books Software Security: Building, Building Secure Software, Exploiting Software: How To B, Exploiting Online Games: C, Securing Java Similar People |
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Gary McGraw is an American computer scientist, author, and researcher.
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Appsec ca 2017 opening keynote scaling a software security initiative gary mcgraw ph d
Education
McGraw holds a dual PhD in Cognitive Science and Computer Science from Indiana University. and a BA in Philosophy from the University of Virginia. His doctoral dissertation is titled "Letter Spirit: Emergent High-Level Perception of Letters Using Fluid Concepts."
Career
McGraw is the Chief Technical Officer at Cigital Inc. Currently, he produces the monthly Silver Bullet Security Podcast for IEEE Security & Privacy magazine (syndicated by informIT). Gary McGraw serves on the Dean's Advisory Council for the School of Informatics of Indiana University. He also serves on the advisory boards of several companies, including Dasient (acquired by Twitter), Fortify Software (acquired by Hewlett-Packard), Max Financial, Invotas, Wall+Main, Invincea, and Raven White. In the past, Gary McGraw has served on the IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors.
Books
Gary is an author of many books and over 100 peer-reviewed publications on IT security.