Jeff Forristal
Security technology architect and strategist
I am a professional technology architect, strategist, and visionary with over a decade of experience in the security industry. I dually function in both a technical contributor role and a strategic business role. Throughout my professional career I have been responsible for conceiving new service offerings, developing industry-first and market-leading product features, and driving research into new industry areas. I am an accomplished writer having written multiple features and cover-story articles for Network Computing and Secure Enterprise magazines; I am also a contributing author to multiple books (with the next one due out in late 2009). Under the pseudonym “Rain Forest Puppy,” I have been recognized as an industry expert in web application security and was responsible for noted industry landmarks including the first responsible security disclosure policy and the first intelligent web application scanner. I have presented my research in many forums, from established security events like BlackHat and CanSecWest to smaller regional conferences around the world, often with exceptional reviews.
My full curriculum vitae is available online at LinkedIn.
Recent Works
The latest happenings I've had a hand in
CanSecWest 2009 aftermath: the abridged slides to my talk, entitled "Network design for ineffective HTTP traffic filtering" are locally archived here. Many people inquired about the "squirrel and coffee" picture I had in my live presentation; you can find that here.
March 23, 2009: a collection of my security recommendations were featured in the CSO Online article "10 IE browser settings for safer surfing" by Bill Brenner.
A full list of all my publications and past speaking engagements are detailed on the various pages linked by the menu on the left.