“The dean of the security deep thinkers,” “security luminary, ” and “risk-management pioneer” are all phrases that have been used to describe Dan Geer. Considered one of the foremost leaders in information security, his resume includes time as president and chief scientist at Verdasys Inc, a critical role in Project Athena at MIT, and a now famous firing from @Stake for co-writing a paper warning that a Microsoft monoculture threatened national security.
These days Geer, a 2009 CSO Compass Award winner, is CISO with In-Q-Tel, a non-profit venture capital firm that invests in security technology in support of the intelligence community. Geer recently spoke with CSO [csoonline.com] and explained why, despite all he has accomplished in his past, his sights are still set toward the future of security. Read the full Q&A interview.
