"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.
Featuring references and resources for finding more information on the history of information security.
Note: the University of Minnesota has retired their wiki, many links are now dead, we're working on cleaning up the links on this site.
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 W)
David Bell - (Bell, David Elliott)
Steve Bellovin - (Bellovin, Steve)
Jim Bidzos - (Bidzos, Jim)
Matt Bishop - (Bishop, Matt)
Loyd 'The Mentor' Blankenship - (Blankenship, Loyd)
Eric Bloodaxe (Bloodaxe, Eric)
Sheila Brand - (Brand, Sheila)
Dirk Brezinski - (Brezinski, Dirk)
The Brotherhood
C
Jon Callas - (Callas, Jon)
Ann Caracristi - (Caracristi, Ann Z)
René Carmille - (Carmille, René)
Carnegie Mellon Computer Emergency Response Team
Vint Cerf - (Cerf, Vinton)
Chaos Computer Club
Scott Charney - Charney, Scott)
David Chaum - (Chaum, David L)
Bill Cheswick - (Cheswick, William)
Jim Christy - (Christy, James)
Chen Chui - (Chui, Chen)
David Clark - (Clark, David D)
Richard A Clarke - (Clark, Richard A)
Clifford Cocks - (Cocks, Clifford)
Fred Cohen - (Cohen, Fred)
Eric Corley - (Corley, Eric) (aka Emmanuel Goldstein)
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
Peter Elias - (Elias, Peter)
James Ellis - (Ellis, James H)
Joe Engressia - (Engressia, Joe) (aka Joybubbles)
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)
Markus Hess - (Hess, Markus)
Harold Highland - (Highland, Harold)
Lance Hoffman - (Hoffman, Lance J)
Jack Holleran - (Holleran, Jack)
Homebrew Computer Club
Grace Hopper - (Hopper, Grace M)
Russ Housley - (Housley, Russ)
Hans Huebner - (Huebner, Hans)
I
Cynthia Irvine - (Irvine, Cynthia E)
J
Michael Jacobs - (Jacobs, Michael)
Bob Johnston - (Johnston, Robert E)
Anita Jones - (Jones, Anita)
K
Peter Kahl - (Kahl, Peter)
David Kahn - (Kahn, David)
Paul Karger - (Karger, Paul)
Stephen Katz - (Katz, Stephen)
Charlie Kaufman - (Kaufman, Charles)
Harold "Doc" Keen - (Keen, Harold)
Stephen Kent - (Kent, Stephen)
Auguste Kerckhoffs - (Kerckhoffs, Auguste)
Gene Kim - (Kim, Gene)
Chris Klaus - (Klaus, Christopher W)
Knight Lightning
Karl Koch - (Koch, Karl)
Paul Kocher - (Kocher, Paul)
KILOBAUD
L
Butler Lampson - (Lampson, Butler W)
Susan Landau - (Landau, Susan)
Bill Landreth - (Landreth, William)
Carl Landwehr - (Landwehr, Carl)
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)
Gary McGraw - McGraw, Gary)
Ralph Merkle - (Merkle, Ralph C)
St Jude - (Milhorn, Jude)
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)
Ron Ross - (Ross, Ron)
Jerzy Różycki - (Różycki, Jerzy)
S
Jerry Saltzer - (Saltzer, Jerry)
Marv Schaeffer - (Schaeffer, Marvin)
Roger Schell - (Schell, Roger)
Robert Schifreen - (Schifreen, Robert)
Howard Schmidt - (Schmidt, Howard A)
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)
Claude Shannon - (Shannon, Claude E)
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
Richard Thieme - (Thieme, Richard)
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)
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