itsecurity.com— Here?s our list of the most influential security experts of 2007 - from corporate tech officers and government security types, to white hat hackers and bloggers.
Mar 14, 2007View in Crawl 4
@ethicalhThat's like saying murderers are the most influential people in law enforcement. It may be true that the criminals drive the need for protection, but the people actually providing the protection are the ones deserving of the attention.If there were no blackhats we would not need whitehats (beyond protecting the user from himself).
No Bill Gates? Come on, without Windows there wouldn't so many security firms. People would feel safe about typing confidential information into a computer without anti-virus - it would be awful!?
I would have like to have seen Rich Baich, CSO at Choicepoint, on the list. He has done a good job evangelizing the CSO position and championing security at an executive leadership level. There's still a lot of work that needs to be done in the area of making other executives aware of the need for a very well developed security program. I think the geek component of security is well established, but the business side of security and risk management is still undeveloped. 10 years ago having a firewall guy was adequate, but today there are so many dimensions of security that are not present in many companies. On the bright side for upwardly mobile geeks there should hopefully be some growth in CSO and VP of Security positions in companies that have not placed security in the Executive suite of occupations.
I would have liked to see Joanna Rutkowska on there... Her research on Windows Vista security definitely deserves a spot on that list. Some of the people on that list are just corporate guys who try to sell their product through their blog..
The most influential people in IT security are the idiots that sit at corporate workstations and open any email from any source, download any software from any source, ignore all updates and patches, and pollute our in-boxes with forwarded videos, chain letters, and retarded "thank you" replies to anything you send them. Let's fix half of the security problems by banning them from the network.
Say what you will about Gibson but I don't think he's "influential" enough to make top 59. A person who I was surprised to see on the list was Tsutomu Shimomura, this guy has even less influence than Gibson does.
Man I agree with the others (for lack of being a copycat)! Is bad for IT Security. His notions and podcasts are a joke! He may seem to give clear rhetoric but its most-times incorrect!
chabuhiMar 15, 2007
@ethicalhThat's like saying murderers are the most influential people in law enforcement. It may be true that the criminals drive the need for protection, but the people actually providing the protection are the ones deserving of the attention.If there were no blackhats we would not need whitehats (beyond protecting the user from himself).
texanpsychoMar 15, 2007
No Bill Gates? Come on, without Windows there wouldn't so many security firms. People would feel safe about typing confidential information into a computer without anti-virus - it would be awful!?
shostermanMar 15, 2007
I'm not on there. My mom tells ALL her bridge partners I do such a wonderful job fixing her Internets.
dezl0ckMar 15, 2007
I would have like to have seen Rich Baich, CSO at Choicepoint, on the list. He has done a good job evangelizing the CSO position and championing security at an executive leadership level. There's still a lot of work that needs to be done in the area of making other executives aware of the need for a very well developed security program. I think the geek component of security is well established, but the business side of security and risk management is still undeveloped. 10 years ago having a firewall guy was adequate, but today there are so many dimensions of security that are not present in many companies. On the bright side for upwardly mobile geeks there should hopefully be some growth in CSO and VP of Security positions in companies that have not placed security in the Executive suite of occupations.
sjraptorMar 15, 2007
I would have liked to see Joanna Rutkowska on there... Her research on Windows Vista security definitely deserves a spot on that list. Some of the people on that list are just corporate guys who try to sell their product through their blog..
wassim2kMar 16, 2007
The most influential people in IT security are the idiots that sit at corporate workstations and open any email from any source, download any software from any source, ignore all updates and patches, and pollute our in-boxes with forwarded videos, chain letters, and retarded "thank you" replies to anything you send them. Let's fix half of the security problems by banning them from the network.
laserdiscMar 16, 2007
Say what you will about Gibson but I don't think he's "influential" enough to make top 59. A person who I was surprised to see on the list was Tsutomu Shimomura, this guy has even less influence than Gibson does.
tvfischerMar 20, 2007
Man I agree with the others (for lack of being a copycat)! Is bad for IT Security. His notions and podcasts are a joke! He may seem to give clear rhetoric but its most-times incorrect!
pledomobilMay 16, 2007
Perfect! I'd better go and sleep instead of reading THIS