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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.

 

Antivirus Pioneers page

 

Master list:

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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)

Steve Bellovin - (Bellovin, Steve)

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

Sheila Brand - (Brand, Sheila)

 

C

René Carmille - (Carmille, René)

Vint Cerf - (Cerf, Vinton)

Chaos Computer Club

Bill Cheswick - (Cheswick, William)

Jim Christy - (Christy, James)

Chen Chui - (Chui, Chen)

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)

Terri Gilbert - (Gilbert, Terri)
Virgil Gligor - (Gligor, Virgil D)

Stephan Gold - (Gold, Stephan)

Ross Greenberg - (Greenberg, Ross)

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)

Charlie Kaufman - (Kaufman, Charles)

Harold Keen - (Keen, Harold)

KILOBAUD

 

L

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

Legion of Doom

Karl Levitt - (Levitt, Karl)

Joseph Licklider - (Licklider, Joseph)

Steve Lipner - (Lipner, Steve)

 

M

Masters of Deception

Rich Marshall - (Marshall, Richard)

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

Marcus Ranum - (Ranum, Marcus J)

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)

Roger Schell - (Schell, Roger)
Robert Schifreen - (Schifreen, Robert)

Bruce Schneier - (Schneier, Bruce)

Corey Schou - (Schou, Corey)

Mike Schroeder - (Schroeder, Michael)

Gene Schultz - (Schultz, Eugene)

Winn Schwartau - (Schwartau, Winn)

Charles Sennewald - (Sennewald, Charles)

Adi Shamir - (Shamir, Adi)

Olin Sibert - (Sibert, Olin)

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)

Walter Tuchman - (Tuchman, Walter)

Alan Turing - (Turing, Alan)

 

V

Weitse Venema - (Venema, Weitse)

 

W

The Warelords

Willis Ware - (Ware, Willis H)

Gordon Welchman - (Welchman, Gordon)

Thomas Whiteside - (Whiteside, Thomas)

Malcolm Williamson - (Williamson, Malcom J)

Gerald Wondra - (Wondra, Gerald)

 

Y

Herbert Yardley - (Yardley, Herbert)

 

Z

Henryk Zygalski - (Zygalski, Henryk)

 

References and Resources Page

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

Babbage Institute:

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