Herbert H. Thompson

Dr. Herbert H. Thompson is Chief Security Strategist at People Security (www.peoplesecurity.com) and an Adjunct Professor in the Computer Science Department at Columbia University in New York. He is a world-renown expert in application security and has co-authored four books on the topic including, How to Break Software Security: Effective Techniques for Security Testing (with Dr. James Whittaker, published by Addison-Wesley, 2003), and The Software Vulnerability Guide (with Scott Chase, published by Charles River 2005). In 2006 he was named one of the “Top 5 Most Influential Thinkers in IT Security” by SC Magazine.