Gary Mcgraw

Gary McGraw, Cigital, Inc.'s CTO, researches software security and sets technical vision in the area of software quality management. Dr. McGraw is coauthor of five best-selling books: Exploiting SoftwareBuilding Secure SoftwareSoftware Fault InjectionSecuring Java, and Java Security. His new book, Software Security: Building Security In, will be released in February 2006. A world authority on software and application security, Dr. McGraw consults with major software producers and consumers. Dr. McGraw has written more than 75 peer-reviewed technical publications and functions as principal investigator on grants from Air Force Research Labs, DARPA, the National Science Foundation, and NIST's Advanced Technology Program. He serves on Advisory Boards of Authentica, Counterpane, and Fortify Software, as well as advising the computer science departments at UC Davis and UVa and the School of Informatics at Indiana University. Dr. McGraw holds a dual Ph.D. in cognitive science and computer science from Indiana University and a BA in philosophy from UVa. He is a member of the IEEE Security and Privacy Task Force and was recently elected to the IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors. He writes a monthly security column for Network magazine, is the editor of "Building Security In" for IEEE Security & Privacymagazine, and is often quoted in the press.