Securosis: a mental disorder characterized by cynicism, paranoia, and the strange compulsion to defend random objects.

Rich Mogull has over 17 years experience in information security, physical security, and risk management. Prior to founding Securosis, Rich spent 7 years as one of the leading security analysts with Gartner, where he advised thousands of clients, authored dozens of reports and was consistently rated as one of Gartner’s top international speakers. He is one of the world’s premier authorities on data security technologies and has covered issues ranging from vulnerabilities and threats, to risk management frameworks, to major application security.

The informal bio:

I’ve been working in the security world for 17 or so years, and breaking my computers even longer. After about 10 years in physical security (mostly running large events/concerts) I made the mistake of getting drunk in Silicon Valley and telling someone I “worked in security”. Next morning I woke up with a job as an IT security consultant.

That’s not totally true, but it’s far more amusing than my full biography.

I’ve also worked as a paramedic, done stints as a firefighter and with Rocky Mountain Rescue, recently retired from ski patrol when I moved to Arizona (’tis a bit warm here), and still dabble in disaster medicine.

I’m currently consulting independently through Securosis, L.L.C.

I can be contacted at rmogull@securosis.com, securosis on AIM, or rmogull on Skype.