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Gary McGraw

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Gary McGraw is an American computer scientist, author, and researcher.

Gary McGraw
Alma materPhD, Cognitive Science and Computer Science - Indiana University B.A. Philosophy - University of Virginia
TitleVice President of Security Technology at Synopsys, Inc.

Education

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McGraw holds a dual PhD in Cognitive Science and Computer Science from Indiana University and a BA in Philosophy from the University of Virginia.[1] His doctoral dissertation is titled "Letter Spirit: Emergent High-Level Perception of Letters Using Fluid Concepts."[2]

Career

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McGraw was the Vice President of Security Technology at Synopsys.[3] Before Cigital was acquired by Synopsys, he was Chief Technical Officer at Cigital.[4] He produced the Silver Bullet Security Podcast for IEEE Security & Privacy magazine (syndicated by informIT). [5] 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,[6] including Dasient (acquired by Twitter), Fortify Software (acquired by Hewlett-Packard), Max Financial, Invotas, Wall+Main, Invincea (acquired by Sophos), and Raven White. In the past, Gary McGraw has served on the IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors.[citation needed]

Books

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Gary is an author of many books and over 100 peer-reviewed publications on IT security.

  • Software Security: Building Security In, ISBN 978-0-321-35670-3
  • Exploiting Software: How to Break Code (with Greg Hoglund), ISBN 978-0-201-78695-8
  • Building Secure Software: How to Avoid Security Problems the Right Way (with John Viega), ISBN 978-0-321-77495-8
  • Java Security (with Edward Felten), ISBN 978-0-471-17842-2
  • Exploiting Online Games: Cheating Massively Distributed Systems (with Greg Hoglund), ISBN 978-0-13-227191-2
  • Software Security Engineering: A Guide for Project Managers (with Julia H. Allen, Sean J. Barnum, Robert J. Ellison, and Nancy R. Mead) ISBN 978-0-321-50917-8
  • Software Fault Injection (with Jeffrey M. Voas) ISBN 978-0-471-18381-5
  • Securing Java: Getting Down to Business with Mobile Code (with Edward Felten), ISBN 978-0-471-31952-8

Notes

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  1. ^ "The University of Virginia". www.virginia.edu. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
  2. ^ McGraw, Gary (1995). "Indiana University, Bloomington IN". Indiana University. The Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Software Security Expert Opinion | Gary McGraw". Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  4. ^ Mills, Elinor (2010-05-12). "Gary McGraw on developing secure software (Q&A)". CNet.
  5. ^ McGraw, Gary; Migues, Sammy (2010-12-29). "Driving Efficiency and Effectiveness in Software Security". InformIT.
  6. ^ "Business". www.cigital.com. Retrieved 2015-10-02.

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