Adam is a leading expert on threat modeling, and a consultant, entrepreneur, technologist, author and game designer. He's an Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington, a member of the BlackHat Review Board, a Linkedin Learning Author and helped create the CVE and many other things. He currently helps many organizations improve their security via Shostack + Associates, and advises startups including as a Mach37 Star Mentor. While at Microsoft, he drove the Autorun fix into Windows Update, was the lead designer of the SDL Threat Modeling Tool v3 and created the “Elevation of Privilege” game. Adam is the author of Threat Modeling: Designing for Security, and the co-author of The New School of Information Security.
