Ed Adams

About

Ed Adams, CEO of Security Innovation, is a seasoned software executive with successful business experience in various sized organizations that serve the IT security and quality assurance industries. He leverages his technical and business skills, as well as his pervasive industry experience, to direct world-renowned application security experts and to deliver world-class professional services to many of the most recognizable companies in the world (such as Microsoft, IBM, Visa, ING, Symantec, SAP and HP). Prior to Security Innovation, Mr. Adams held senior management positions at Ipswitch, Inc., VeriTest, a division of Lionbridge Technologies, Rational Software (now IBM), Logistic Solutions, MathSoft, Foster-Miller and two US Army Research Labs. He earned his MBA degree with honors from Boston College, and has B.A. degrees in Mechanical Engineering and English Literature from the University of Massachusetts. He can be reached at eadams@securityinnovation.com.

How to Create Secure Software Development

/images/stories/70×50/bug_knowledgecenter_70x70_%282%29.jpgA sound, secure software development life cycle has five key steps: prioritizing applications, constructing guidelines, defining standards, training a team, and identifying tools and metrics. However, it all starts with risk prioritization-an often forgotten, but most critical step. Most organizations have a formal risk management process in place. Many have already ranked their applications based […]