I am a Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at
Accuknox Inc.,
Program Director of the Internet Security Research in SRI International's Computer Science Laboratory,
and an
SRI Fellow. I am an
established and active researcher in the field of Computer and Network
Security, including intrusion detection, alarm correlation, malware
analysis, darkweb and social media analysis, cloud security, active and
software-defined networks, 5G security, and wireless security. I have strong
alliances with the whitehat community, and maintain ongoing
collaborations with the top INFOSEC researchers in academia and the
private sector. I have led multi-organizational large-scale projects
with mixed academic and commercial collaborators, and have been a
Principal Investigator for many projects sponsored by DARPA, DoD, DHS,
NSF, NSA, commercial customers, and others. I have spun out
network-based anti-malware technologies to two separate startup
security companies, and have provided substantial commercial
technology licenses of advanced security correlation technologies to
several top-tier INFOSEC companies such as Symantec, Cisco, and IBM,
resulting in approximately $100 Million in licensing revenue.
Previously, I was a manager in the Trusted Computer Systems Department
of the Aerospace Corporation, where I was also an experienced trusted
product evaluator for NSA (which includes security testing, risk
assessment, and penetration testing of systems and networks). I have
participated on numerous program committees and editorial boards, and
on multiple commercial company technical advisory boards. I have published more
than 90 peer-reviewed INFOSEC publications, hold thirty three (33) U.S. patents
involving INFOSEC technologies, and have been awarded Best Paper
honors in 1995, 1999, and 2008.
