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The 15 Most Influential People in Security Today - '1. Tavis Ormandy, Google Security Team'
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As goes Google, so goes Web 2.0 security. Tavis Ormandy, one of the most visible hackers/researchers on the Google Security Team, faces the unenviable responsibility of making sure all of Google's products pass the security smell test. An open-source security guru, Ormandy is tasked with identifying and analyzing vulnerabilities and exploits--and with getting them fixed before the bad guys can do damage. He is also co-lead of the Gentoo Security Team, shoring up the security of the Linux distribution.



 
 
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  1. The 15 Most Influential People in Security Today
  2. '1. Tavis Ormandy, Google Security Team'
  3. '2. Ivan Krstic, One Laptop Per Child'
  4. '3. Chris Paget, IOActive'
  5. '4. Bunnie Huang, Bunnie Studios'
  6. '5. Michal Zalewski, Google'
  7. '6. Window Snyder'
  8. '7. The MOAB Hackers'
  9. '8. Dino Dai Zovi'
  10. '9. Michael Howard, Microsoft'
  11. '10. HD Moore, Metasploit '
  12. '11. Dave Aitel, Immunity'
  13. '12. Bronwen Matthews, Microsoft'
  14. '13. John Pescatore, Gartner'
  15. '14. Rob Thomas and Team Cymru'
  16. '15. Stefan Esser, Hardened PHP Project'
 

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