Peter Tippett is chief technology officer of Cybertrust Inc. and chief scientist for ICSA Labs. He specializes in the utilization of large-scale risk models and research to create pragmatic, corporate-wide security programs.
A well-known information security visionary, Dr. Tippett is widely credited with creating the first commercial anti-virus product, which later became Symantec's Norton Anti-Virus. He recently served a two-year term on the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) helping to guide the Bush administration's efforts in the development and adoption of security information technologies.
Dr. Tippett is a sought-after speaker and has been interviewed for national and international print, online and broadcast media and has briefed and consulted with the United States House of Representatives and Senate, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and numerous organizations and governments on practical approaches to computer security.
Dr. Tippett studied under two different Nobel Prize laureates at Rockefeller University and has both an M.D. and a Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University. |