Winn Schwartau, Contributor

Winn Schwartau, Contributor

Winn Schwartau, Contributor Winn Schwartau, Contributor

    As a world-renowned author, lecturer, and information security architect, Winn Schwartau's vast experience in the industry includes the creation and successful sale of his own company, American Computer Security Inc. (ACSI, Inc.), which produced the first hardware encryption device for PCs in the late 1980s. Since then he has helped launch and has served on the boards of numerous highly successful information security companies.

    Winn Schwartau thinks asymmetrically; some would say “Out of the Box”. If it’s originality in thought, writing, presentations or training, call Winn. He balances his time between writing, lecturing, teaching and building corporate and national security-awareness programs, as well as consulting on cyber-conflict and Infowar to organizations and government agencies, worldwide.

    In addition to being called, “The Civilian Architect of Information Warfare,” he is one of the most sought after leading experts, on information security, infrastructure protection and electronic privacy. In 2002, he was honored as a “Power Thinker” and one of the 50 most powerful people by Network World; he was named one of the Top 25 Most Influential People for 2008 by Security Magazine and voted one of the Top 5 Security Thinkers for 2009 by SC Magazine.