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Peter Tippett challenges the security status quo. The
CTO of Herndon, Va.-based TruSecure has built his
reputation and his company on the notion that
security should be treated as a risk issue, which
means the company focuses on figuring out what
percentage of vulnerabilities represents real risk.
Widely credited with creating the first commercial
anti-virus product, which later became Norton
AntiVirus, Tippett sees value in influencing
discussions within the security community. He helped
define TruSecure's vendor-agnostic consulting and
solutions and led the publishing of Information
Security Magazine.
"You have to figure out what is right and move
forward with your convictions. ... In computer security, in particular, we tend
to do what is the right thing even to the extent of efficiency and security,"
Tippett says.
TruSecure's CTO also spearheaded the TruSecure ICSA Security Practitioner
Certification, a vendor-neutral, network security knowledge and experience
certification. This program is designed to enhance existing skills, to raise the
bar on security expertise, and to increase the number of skilled network
security practitioners and professionals in the industry.
-- L.W.P.
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