Gary McGraw

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

Gary McGraw
Alma mater

PhD, Cognitive Science and Computer Science - Indiana University

B.A. Philosophy - University of Virginia
Title Chief Technology Officer of Cigital Inc.

Education

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

McGraw is the Chief Technical Officer at Cigital Inc.[3] Currently, he produces the monthly Silver Bullet Security Podcast for IEEE Security & Privacy magazine (syndicated by informIT). [4] 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,[5] 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.

Books

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

References

  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. Retrieved 10/2/2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. Mills, Elinor (2010-05-12). "Gary McGraw on developing secure software (Q&A)". CNet.
  4. McGraw, Gary; Migues, Sammy (2010-12-29). "Driving Efficiency and Effectiveness in Software Security". InformIT.
  5. "Business". www.cigital.com. Retrieved 2015-10-02.

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