"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

 

References and Resources Page

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

 

 

Master list:

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The 414s

 

A

Acid Phreak

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)

Bob Baldwin - (Baldwin, Robert)

David Bell - (Bell, David Elliott)

Steve Bellovin - (Bellovin, Steve)

Jim Bidzos - (Bidzos, Jim)

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

Eric Bloodaxe (Bloodaxe, Eric)

Sheila Brand - (Brand, Sheila)

Dirk Brescinsky - (Brescinsky, Dirk)

The Brotherhood

 

C

Jon Callas - (Callas, Jon)

René Carmille - (Carmille, René)

Carnegie Mellon Computer Emergency Response Team

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

Data Stream

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)

Francesco Vianello - (Vianello, Francesco) "+Fravia"

Elizebeth Friedman - (Friedman, Elizebeth S)

Fry Guy

 

G

Dan Geer - (Geer, Dan)

Ted Glaser - (Glaser, Edward L)

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

Hans Gliss - (Gliss, Hans)

Stephan Gold - (Gold, Stephan)

Ross Greenberg - (Greenberg, Ross)

Peter Guttman - (Guttman, Peter)

 

H

Marty Hellman - (Hellman, Martin E)

Marcus Hess - (Hess, Marcus)
Harold Highland - (Highland, Harold)
Jack Holleran - (Holleran, Jack)

Homebrew Computer Club

Grace Hopper - (Hopper, Grace M)

Russ Housley - (Housley, Russ)

Hans Huebner - (Huebner, Hans)

 

J

Michael Jacobs - (Jacobs, Michael)

Bob Johnston - (Johnston, Robert E)

Anita Jones - (Jones, Anita)

 

K

Peter Kahl - (Kahl, Peter)

Paul Karger - (Karger, Paul)

Stephen Katz - (Katz, Stephen)

Charlie Kaufman - (Kaufman, Charles)

Harold Keen - (Keen, Harold)

Knight Lightning

Karl Koch - (Koch, Karl)

Paul Kocher - (Kocher, Paul)

KILOBAUD

 

L

Carl Landwehr - (Landwehr, Carl)

Butler Lampson - (Lampson, Butler W)

Leftist
Len Lapadula - (LaPadula, Leonard J)

Legion of Doom

Karl Levitt - (Levitt, Karl)

Joseph Licklider - (Licklider, Joseph)

Steve Lipner - (Lipner, Steve)

L0pht Heavy Industries

 

M

Masters of Deception

F. Lynn McNulty - (McNulty, F Lynn)

Rich Marshall - (Marshall, Richard)

Nevil Maskelyne - (Maskelyne, Nevil)
Ralph Merkle - (Merkle, Ralph C)

MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab
Robert Morris - (Morris, Robert)
Robert T Morris - (Morris, Robert T)
William Hugh Murray - (Murray, William H)

 

N

Peter Neumann - (Neumann, Peter G)

NMRC - Nomad Mobile Research Centre

P

Donn Parker - (Parker, Donn B)

Neal Patrick - (Patrick, Neal)

Padgett Peterson - (Peterson, Padgett)

The P.H.I.R.M.

Phiber Optik

Kevin Lee Poulsen - (Poulsen, Kevin Lee) "Dark Dante"

Prophet

 

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)

Scorpion

Charles Sennewald - (Sennewald, Charles)

Adi Shamir - (Shamir, Adi)

Tsutomu Shimomura - (Shimomura, Tsutomu)

Greg Shipley - (Shipley, Greg)

Peter Shipley - (Shipley, Peter)

Olin Sibert - (Sibert, Olin)

Edward Austin Singh - (Singh, Edward Austin)

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

 

T

Ken Thompson - (Thompson, Ken)

Hal Tipton - (Tipton, Hal)

Walter Tuchman - (Tuchman, Walter)

Alan Turing - (Turing, Alan)

 

U

Urvile

 

V

VAXBusters

Weitse Venema - (Venema, Weitse)

 

W

Steve Walker - (Walker, Steve)

The Warelords

Willis Ware - (Ware, Willis H)

Steffen Weihruch - (Weiruch, Steffen)

Gordon Welchman - (Welchman, Gordon)

Steffen Wernery - (Wernery, Steffen)

Thomas Whiteside - (Whiteside, Thomas)

Norbert Wiener - (Wiener, Norbert)

Malcolm Williamson - (Williamson, Malcom J)

Gerald Wondra - (Wondra, Gerald)

Steve Wozniak - (Wozniak, Steve) "Oak Toebark"

 

Y

Herbert Yardley - (Yardley, Herbert)

Youth International Party Line/Technical Assistance Program

 

Z

Henryk Zygalski - (Zygalski, Henryk)

Phil Zimmerman - (Zimmerman, Phil)