Dr. Herbert “Hugh” Thompson is Chief Security Strategist at People Security (www.peoplesecurity.com) and a world-renown expert in application security. He has co-authored four books on the topic including, How to Break Software Security: Effective Techniques for Security Testing (with Dr. James Whittaker, published by Addison-Wesley, 2003), and The Software Vulnerability Guide (with Scott Chase, published by Charles River 2005). In 2006 he was named one of the “Top 5 Most Influential Thinkers in IT Security” by SC Magazine. As Chief Security Strategist at People Security he heads the company’s security education program and also directs research projects for some of the world’s largest corporations. He earned his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and is an adjunct professor of Computer Science at Columbia University in New York.
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