Dan Geer

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Dan Geer is one of a small number of pioneers in the security world that raised critical issues before others could see a risk emerge. He is most recently known to many as the chief architect for Verdasys, a data security software company that focuses on end point solutions. He published a 2003 paper arguing that Microsoft was a monoculture; he was fired the day the report was made public.

The 24-page report entitled "CyberInsecurity: The Cost of Monopoly" was released by the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) which made the argument that Microsoft is a threat to national security. His work on economics of security was ground-breaking.

Geer has a Bachelor Of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT where he became a brother of the Theta Deuteron charge of Theta Delta Chi. He also has a Ph.D. in biostatistics from Harvard, and has worked for:

• Health Sciences Computing Facility, Harvard School of Public Health
• Project Athena, MIT
• Digital Equipment Corporation
• Geer Zolot & Associates
• OpenVision Technologies
• Open Market
• Certco
• @stake (acquired by Symantec in November 2004)

Dan Geer is the VP and Chief Scientist at Verdasys.

He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

[edit] External links

• All Geered Up: An Interview With Dan Geer By Richard Thieme
• Letter to Massachusetts Senator Marc Pacheco on OpenDocument Standards by Dan Geer
• Oh Dan Geer, where art thou? by Ellen Messmer
• Data Security Economics Point at the Host by Dan Geer
• Security of Information When Economics Matters by Dan Geer (PDF format)
• The Shrinking Perimeter: Making the Case for Data-Level Risk Management by Dan Geer (PDF format)
• Dan Geer's The Shrinking Security Perimeter interview
• Dan Geer's Convergence Time based security and the convergence of both digital and physical security (PDF format)
• Dan Geer's April 23, 2007 Testimony to Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology (PDF Format)