About Adam Montville
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From humble beginnings as a secure hash implementor at Oregon State University's Information Security Laboratory in the mid '90s, Adam has come to be a voice in the Security Automation and larger security community. He has held a variety of security-related positions throughout his fourteen year information security career, including civil service at the Department of Defense, CTO of a secure messaging company, and Director of IT Operations for a secure information sharing service. He is an avid blogger on information security topics, and believes that being a hacker is not equivalent to being evil.
Adam Montville has contributed 20 posts to The State of Security.
by Adam Montville
OK, so “play it again OpenSAMM” is a twist on a misquote from Casablanca, but the song Sam sings in that movie does say, “fundamental things apply.” One fundamental in our world, which seems often overlooked, is that of software assurance. Enter OWASP and it’s Open Software Assurance Maturity Model (OpenSAMM). Before you roll your [...]
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by Adam Montville
I have to admit that I am an addict. I’m addicted to the FX program, Sons of Anarchy. The SOA is a motorcycle gang club operating outside the law in a small California town called Charming. The local police chief is in the club’s pocket, as is a particular county sherif’s deputy. The citizens of Charming [...]
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