"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants"
Most famously attributed to Sir Isaac Newton, this quote reflects the sentiment of this project. All of us in the field of information security stand on the shoulders of giants, this project is dedicated to shining a light on those shoulders- the known and unknown. Initially focusing on early contributors to InfoSec, the project will continue to grow with community support.
Contact email is info[at]shouldersofinfosec.org Please email comments, remembrances, anecdotes, and references to add to the body of knowledge. If you would like to contribute to this project on an ongoing basis, please request membership and help maintain the wiki.
The Shoulders of InfoSec:
This is only the beginning of the list, based on a presentation first delivered at DerbyCon 2014.
Initial entries include only names and some reference links; with time and community support more names, information, and personal stories will be added.
Bob Abbott - (Abbot, Robert P)
Len Adleman - (Adleman, Leonard M)
Jim Anderson - (Anderson, James P)
Becky Bace - (Bace, Rebecca)
David Bell - (Bell, David Elliott)
Clifford Cocks - (Cocks, Clifford)
Steve Crocker - (Crocker, Stephen D)
Dorothy Denning - (Denning, Dorothy E)
Whit Diffie - (Diffie, Whitfield)
James Ellis - (Ellis, James H)
Hal Finney - (Finney, Hal)
Marty Hellman - (Hellman, Martin E)
Grace Hopper - (Hopper, Grace M)
Len Lapadula - (LaPadula, Leonard J)
Steve Lipner - (Lipner, Steve)
Ralph Merkle - (Merkle, Ralph C)
Robert Morris - (Morris, Robert)
Robert T Morris - (Morris, Robert T)
Peter Neumann - (Neumann, Peter G)
Padgett Peterson - (Peterson, Padgett)
Ron Rivest - (Rivest, Ronald L)
Adi Shamir - (Shamir, Adi)
Brian Snow - (Snow, Brian D)
Spaf - (Spafford, Eugene H)
William Stallings - (Stallings, William)
Willis Ware - (Ware, Willis H)
Malcolm Williamson - (Williamson, Malcom J)
Second phase, pages and links coming soon, then will be alphabetized into the above list
Ross Anderson - (Anderson, Ross J)
Bill Cheswick - (Cheswick, William)
David Clark - (Clark, David D)
Ted Glaser - (Glaser, Edward L)
Virgil Gligor - (Gligor, Virgil D)
Peter Guttman - (Guttman, Peter)
Harold Highland - (Highland, Harold)
Jack Holleran - (Holleran, Jack)
Bob Johnston - (Johnston, Robert E)
Stephen Katz - (Katz, Stephen)
Butler Lampson - (Lampson, Butler W)
William Hugh Murray - (Murray, William H)
Donn Parker - (Parker, Donn B)
Marv Schaeffer - (Schaeffer, Marvin)
Gene Schultz - (Schultz, Eugene)
Cliff Stoll - (Stoll, Clifford P)
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