"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:

Initial entries include only names and some reference links; with time and community support more names, information, and personal stories will be added.

A

Bob Abbott - (Abbot, Robert P)
Len Adleman - (Adleman, Leonard M)
Jim Anderson - (Anderson, James P)

Ross Anderson - (Anderson, Ross J)

B

Becky Bace - (Bace, Rebecca)
David Bell - (Bell, David Elliott)

C

Bill Cheswick - (Cheswick, William)
David Clark - (Clark, David D)

Clifford Cocks - (Cocks, Clifford)

Fred Cohen - (Cohen, Fred)

Steve Crocker - (Crocker, Stephen D)

D

Joan Daemen - (Daemen, Joan)

Dorothy Denning - (Denning, Dorothy E)
Whit Diffie - (Diffie, Whitfield)

E

James Ellis - (Ellis, James H)

F

Dan Farmer - (Farmer, Dan)
Horst Feistel - (Feistel, Horst)

Hal Finney - (Finney, Hal)

Elizebeth Friedman - (Friedman, Elizebeth S)

G

Dan Geer - (Geer, Dan)

Ted Glaser - (Glaser, Edward L)
Virgil Gligor - (Gligor, Virgil D)

Peter Guttman - (Guttman, Peter)

H

Marty Hellman - (Hellman, Martin E)
Harold Highland - (Highland, Harold)
Jack Holleran - (Holleran, Jack)

Grace Hopper - (Hopper, Grace M)
Bob Johnston - (Johnston, Robert E)

J

Anita Jones - (Jones, Anita)

K

Paul Karger - (Karger, Paul)

Stephen Katz - (Katz, Stephen)

L

Butler Lampson - (Lampson, Butler W)
Len Lapadula - (LaPadula, Leonard J)

Karl Levitt - (Levitt, Karl)

Steve Lipner - (Lipner, Steve)

M

Nevil Maskelyne

Ralph Merkle - (Merkle, Ralph C)
Robert Morris - (Morris, Robert)
Robert T Morris - (Morris, Robert T)
William Hugh Murray - (Murray, William H)

N

Peter Neumann - (Neumann, Peter G)

P

Donn Parker - (Parker, Donn B)

Padgett Peterson - (Peterson, Padgett)

R

Vincent Rijmen - (Rijmen, Vincent)

Ron Rivest - (Rivest, Ronald L)

S

Jerry Saltzer - (Saltzer, Jerry)

Marv Schaeffer - (Schaeffer, Marvin)

Gene Schultz - (Schultz, Eugene)

Mike Schroeder - (Schroeder, Michael)

Adi Shamir - (Shamir, Adi)
Brian Snow - (Snow, Brian D)
Spaf - (Spafford, Eugene H)
William Stallings - (Stallings, William)
Cliff Stoll - (Stoll, Clifford P)

T

Hal Tipton - (Tipton, Hal)
Alan Turing - (Turing, Alan)

V

Weitse Venema - (Venema, Weitse)

W

Willis Ware - (Ware, Willis H)
Malcolm Williamson - (Williamson, Malcom J)

References and Resources Page

Featuring references and resources for finding more information on the history of information security.