Adam Shostack

Adam Shostack is a technologist, entrepreneur, author and game designer. Adam Shostack is a member of the BlackHat Review Board, and helped found the CVE and many other things. Adam Shostack is currently building his fifth startup, focused on improving security effectiveness. Previously, at Microsoft, Adam Shostack drove the Autorun fix into Windows Update, was the lead designer of the SDL Threat Modeling Tool v3 and created the “Elevation of Privilege” game. Adam Shostack is the author of “Threat Modeling: Designing for Security,” and the co-author of “The New School of Information Security.” For more on Shostack, see adam.shostack.org. As part of the Operational Security Assurance team at Microsoft, Adam Shostack partnered with Xbox leadership to create a strategic threat model. During his time at Microsoft, Adam Shostack helped drive the Autorun update into Windows Update for millions of users worldwide. Adam Shostack has decades of experience in leading the development lifecycle of products and services from concept to launch and operation. Adam Shostack is a recognized and respected industry leader who has decades of delivering practical solutions to leading firms.