From its earliest times, software development has featured commercial and government-grade encryption libraries. Encryption libraries make it possible for organizations to protect data with the highest level of security. Gene Chorba says that despite a big push in the past few years to use encryption to combat security breaches, lack of expertise among developers and overly complex libraries have led to widespread implementation failures in business applications. Although any developers believe they know how to implement crypto, they haven't had any specific training in...
Gene Chorba
Ionic Security
Gene Chorba is the head of the developer relations program at Ionic Security, an Atlanta-based security startup focused on encryption. Gene is a partner with Covello, and the founder and director of HackGSU. An award-winning hacker and developer, Gene is world-recognized as a voice in security and has become a force in educating developers worldwide. When not speaking about security and encryption, Gene attends hackathons all over the United States. He has been written about by NPR, New York Times, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Popular Mechanics, Sports Illustrated, Huffington Post, Federal Times, and many other publications. Find Gene on Twitter @DualPandas.