Two champions for women in technology
Valerie Aurora and Mary Gardiner have united to form a decade-long collaboration on a variety of “women in open source” advocacy projects, including developing anti-harassment policies at conferences.
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Community advocate for secure software
Michael Coates, director of security assurance at Mozilla and chairman of OWASP, is a steadfast supporter of open-source methods to safeguard users against security and privacy threats.
Influential IT security minds in 2012: Honorable mentions
Our year-end special section recognizes a number of individuals who represent the highest degree of professionalism in the security space. These six just missed the final cut, but deserve to be called out nonetheless for their achievements.
Top mergers and acquisitions activity in 2012
Here’s a year-end look back at some of the biggest mergers and acquisitions activity in the security space.
Privacy activist and technologist
Chris Soghoian, who was recently hired as the ACLU’s first-ever principal technologist, has never been afraid to ruffle the feathers of the corporate establishment when it comes to privacy and security issues.
Standards bearer for risk management
Ron Ross is helping to lead the development of new standards and controls that security professionals can use to safeguard their organizations against today’s internet threat paradigms.
Anthropologist focused on hacker culture
Gabriella Coleman, professor at McGill University in Montreal and avid observer of the Anonymous online collective, has become one of the pre-eminent thought leaders on the hacktivist culture.
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