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Stephen Turner Cobb ^[1] (born 1952 in Coventry, England) is an American author and consultant in the areas of technology and computing, notably computer security and data privacy.

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-(born [[1952]] in [[Coventry]], [[England]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[author]] and consultant in the areas of [[technology]] and [[computer|computing]], notably [[computer security]] and [[data privacy]]. His first books were published in the [[1980s]], when he wrote text books on databases, networking, spreadsheets, and word processing. In the early [[1990s]] he was a prolific contributor to a variety of British technology [[magazines]] and also produced his first security-related book, The Stephen Cobb Guide to PC & LAN Security, a comprehensive consideration of threats to data arising from the rapid increase in the use of PCs and [[LANs]] for [[mission critical]] applications.
+(born [[1952]] in [[Coventry]], [[England]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[author]] and consultant in the areas of [[technology]] and [[computer|computing]], notably [[computer security]] and [[data privacy]].
-A 'serial entrepreneur' and internationally known information speaker on security and data privacy issues, Stephen Cobb now has more than 25 years experience working in computer audit and information assurance but recently turned his attention to social issues, managing the building of affordable housing units and producing a documentary on the civil rights movement [[Dare Not Walk Alone, 2006]]. The author of more than a dozen books and hundreds of articles, Cobb maintains numerous web sites and blogs.
-[[Image:Spam_squelcher.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Spam Squelcher {{deletable image-caption|1=Wednesday, 1 August 2007}}]]
-==Activities==
-In the field of [[information assurance]] Cobb's main focus has been on maximizing the benefits of information technology to businesses, governments and communities through the reduction of IT-related fraud and risk. In 1995 Cobb became one of the first ten employees of the National Computer Security Association (later [[ICSA Labs]] and Tru-Secure]]). There he produced the widely distributed NCSA Firewall Policy Guide and helped form the Firewall Product Consortium. In 1997, he joined forces with Michael Miora, David Brussin, and Vincent Schiavone to turn Miora Systems Consulting into InfoSec Labs, a security consultancy which was acquired by Rainbow Technologies in 1999. After two years as Direcotr of Special Projects ar Rainbow, Cobb again joined forces with Brussin, Miora, and Schiavone, this time to create [[ePrivacy Group]]. The long term goal of ePrivacy Group was to eliminate spam.
-An active participant in a series of successful security startups, Stephen helped create the TurnTide anti-spam technology for which Symantec paid $28 million in 2004.
-Currently residing [[Roseboom, Florida]]