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The Shoulders of InfoSec Project

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"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.

 

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The 414s

 

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)

Loyd Blankenship - (Blankenship, Loyd) "The Mentor"

 

C

René Carmille - (Carmille, René)

Bill Cheswick - (Cheswick, William)

Chaos Computer Club
David Clark - (Clark, David D)

Clifford Cocks - (Cocks, Clifford)

Fred Cohen - (Cohen, Fred)

Eric Corley - (Corley, Eric)

Steve Crocker - (Crocker, Stephen D)

Cult of the Dead Cow

 

D

Joan Daemen - (Daemen, Joan)

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

John T Draper - (Draper, John T) "Captain Crunch"

 

E

James Ellis - (Ellis, James H)

Joe Engressia - (Engressia, Joe)

 

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)

Stephan Gold - (Gold, Stephan)

Peter Guttman - (Guttman, Peter)

 

H

Marty Hellman - (Hellman, Martin E)

Markus Hess - (Hess, Markus)
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)

Harold Keen - (Keen, Harold)

KILOBAUD

 

L

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

Legion of Doom

Karl Levitt - (Levitt, Karl)

Steve Lipner - (Lipner, Steve)

 

M

Masters of Deception

Nevil Maskelyne - (Maskelyne, Nevil)
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)

Neal Patrick - (Patrick, Neal)

Padgett Peterson - (Peterson, Padgett)

The P.H.I.R.M.

 

R

Marian Rejewski - (Rejewski, Marian)

Vincent Rijmen - (Rijmen, Vincent)

Dennis Ritchie - (Ritchie, Dennis)

Ron Rivest - (Rivest, Ronald L)

Jerzy Różycki - (Różycki, Jerzy)

 

S

Jerry Saltzer - (Saltzer, Jerry)

Marv Schaeffer - (Schaeffer, Marvin)

Robert Schifreen - (Schifreen, Robert)

Bruce Schneier - (Schneier, Bruce)

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

ken - (Thompson, Ken)

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

 

V

Weitse Venema - (Venema, Weitse)

 

W

The Warelords

Willis Ware - (Ware, Willis H)

Gordon Welchman - (Welchman, Gordon)
Malcolm Williamson - (Williamson, Malcom J)

 

Z

Henryk Zygalski - (Zygalski, Henryk)

 

References and Resources Page

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

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