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Gary McGraw

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

Education

McGraw holds a dual PhD in Cognitive Science and Computer Science from Indiana University[1].[citation needed] and a BA in Philosophy from the University of Virginia[2]. His doctoral dissertation is titled "Letter Spirit: Emergent High-Level Perception of Letters Using Fluid Concepts."[3]

Career

McGraw is the Chief Technical Officer at Cigital Inc.[4] Currently, he produces the monthly 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.[1] 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, and Raven White. In the past, Gary McGraw has served on the IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors.[citation needed]

Books

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

References

  1. ^ a b "Indiana University School of Informatics". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ "The University of Virginia". www.virginia.edu. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
  3. ^ McGraw, Gary (1995). [www.cogsci.indiana.edu/farg/mcgrawg/thesis.html "Indiana University, Bloomington IN"]. Indiana University. The Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition. Retrieved 10/2/2015. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  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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