President & Chief Security Officer
Dr. Stan Stahl has a wide and diverse background of growth, innovation and achievement in the management of technology and its strategic application to business performance. During his career he has worked on a wide-range of technology projects, including several advanced computer and communication technology systems for NASA and the Department of Defense.
An information security pioneer, Dr. Stahl has provided technology-sophisticated information security services to the White House, Department of Defense, NASA, and numerous middle-market companies.
Dr. Stahl earned his Ph.D. in mathematics from The University of Michigan and spent nearly 15 years teaching university mathematics. An active mathematics researcher, Dr. Stahl has published more than a dozen papers in recursion theory, set theory and computer science.
Highlights of Dr. Stahl's information security portfolio include:
· Vulnerability analysis and security design for several classified and unclassified Department of Defense computer / communication systems, including those serving the White House, Strategic Air Command, Air Force Space Command, Army Tactical Command, and Air Force Logistics Command
· Led design team of world's first provably-secure firewall
· Led team that designed and prototyped first provable multilevel secure database management system
· Developed first formal general-purpose mathematically-sound information security model; co-developer of Fundamental Equation of Information Security
· Invited-Member of Presidential Task Force, recommending government strategies to better secure private-sector computer and communications systems
· Invited-Member of National Information Security Study Group, supporting National Security Agency and Department of Commerce in determining national information security needs; Task Leader for the Retail Sector Working Group
· Invited speaker on information security at numerous conferences, seminars and workshops, both in the US and internationally
· Past-Member of Board of Directors and Director of Research of the National Center for Computer Crime Data
· Past-Member of Board of Directors and Program Chair of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association
· Past-Member of Steering Committee and Program Chair of Los Angeles Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN)
· Board of Advisors of Online Security, Inc.