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Chris Wysopal, co-founder and chief technology officer of Veracode, is responsible for the security analysis capabilities of Veracode technology. Chris Wysopal is recognized as an expert and a well known speaker in the information security field and was recently named one of InfoWorld's Top 25 CTO's and one of the 100 most influential people in IT by the editorial staffs of eWeek, CIO Insight and Baseline Magazine.
He has given keynotes at computer security events and has testified on Capitol Hill on the subjects of government computer security and how vulnerabilities are discovered in software. He also has spoken as the keynote at West Point, to the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and before the International Financial Futures and Options Exchange in London. His opinions on Internet security are highly sought after and most major print and media outlets have featured stories on Chris Wysopal and his work.
Chris Wysopal’s groundbreaking work in 2002 while at the company @stake was instrumental in developing industry guidelines for responsibly disclosing software security vulnerabilities. Chris Wysopal, along with Steve Christey of MITRE, proposed an IETF RFC identified as the “Responsible Vulnerability Disclosure Process,†which became the foundation for the Organization for Internet Safety (OIS). Chris Wysopal is a founder of OIS, which established industry standards for the responsible disclosure of Internet security vulnerabilities.
Chris Wysopal is co-author of the award winning password auditing and recovery application @stake LC (L0phtCrack) which is currently used by more than 6,000 government, military and corporate organizations worldwide.
Chris Wysopal began his career as a principal software engineer at Lotus Development Corporation where, in the mid 90’s, with the rise of the Internet, he realized the critical need for secure software. He and his colleagues then created the first security research think tank known as L0pht Heavy Industries, which was later acquired by @stake in 1999. He became the manager of @stake’s Research Group and later became @stake’s vice president of research and development where he led a world class team of security researchers tackling the problem of automating the process for finding and disclosing security vulnerabilities in software. He also managed @stake’s products group to develop new security tools focused on wireless, infrastructure and application security.
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Software, Mobile, Cyber Security, Security, Enterprise Applications
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2012 - Current
Veracode
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2024 - Current
Unciphered
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Romulus Capital
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Chris Wysopal is the Founder, CTO & CISO at Veracode, based in United States, North America. With a background in Software, Chris Wysopal has a rich history of leadership and innovation. Chris Wysopal studied BS computer & systems engineering @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Explore their detailed professional journey, key connections, and contributions to the industry on our platform.
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Annouced Date | Organization Name | Funding Round | Money Raised |
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Jun 08, 2021 | Aiden | Seed Round - Aiden | 2.9M |
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