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Dr. Anton Chuvakin is a recognized security expert in the field of log management and PCI DSS compliance. He is an author of books "Security Warrior" and "PCI Compliance" and a contributor to "Know Your Enemy II", "Information Security Management Handbook" and others. Anton has published dozens of papers on log management, correlation, data analysis, PCI DSS, security management. His blog "Security Warrior" is one of the most popular in the industry.
In addition, Anton teaches classes and presents at many security conferences across the world; he recently addressed audiences in United States, UK, Singapore, Spain, Russia and other countries. He works on emerging security standards and serves on the advisory boards of several security start-ups.
Currently, Anton is developing his security consulting practice, focusing on logging and PCI DSS compliance for security vendors and Fortune 500 organizations. Dr. Anton Chuvakin was formerly a Director of PCI Compliance Solutions at Qualys. Previously, Anton worked at LogLogic as a Chief Logging Evangelist, tasked with educating the world about the importance of logging for security, compliance and operations. Before LogLogic, Anton was employed by a security vendor in a strategic product management role. Anton earned his Ph.D. degree from Stony Brook University.

	Dr. Anton Chuvakin is a recognized security expert in the field of log management and PCI DSS compliance. He is an author of books "Security Warrior" and "PCI Compliance" and a contributor to "Know Your Enemy II", "Information Security Management Handbook" and others. Anton has published dozens of papers on log management, correlation, data analysis, PCI DSS, security management. His blog "Security Warrior" is one of the most popular in the industry. In addition, Anton teaches classes and presents at many security conferences across the world; he recently addressed audiences in United States, UK, Singapore, Spain, Russia and other countries. He works on emerging security standards and serves on the advisory boards of several security start-ups. Currently, Anton is developing his security consulting practice, focusing on logging and PCI DSS compliance for security vendors and Fortune 500 organizations. Dr. Anton Chuvakin was formerly a Director of PCI Compliance Solutions at Qualys. Previously, Anton worked at LogLogic as a Chief Logging Evangelist, tasked with educating the world about the importance of logging for security, compliance and operations. Before LogLogic, Anton was employed by a security vendor in a strategic product management role. Anton earned his Ph.D. degree from Stony Brook University.		My compliance book My security book <MAP NAME="boxmap-p8"><AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="14, 200, 103, 207" HREF="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm/privacy-policy.html?o=1" ><AREA COORDS="0,0,10000,10000" HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/antonchuvakin-20" ></map><img&nbsp;src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/rcm/120x240.gif" width="120" height="240" border="0" usemap="#boxmap-p8" alt="Shop at Amazon.com"> Book I contributed to Book I contributed to Book I co-wrote Book I contributed to Book I tech-edited
	Areas of Interest Log analysis and log data mining Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) PCI DSS compliance Intrusion detection Computer forensics Honeynets / honeypots Unix security Vulnerability management "Social engineering"
	Education Ph.D. in Physics (thesis), SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
	Certifications SANS GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA) certification (test scores: 92.00/100 and 85.33/100) SANS GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH) certification (test scores: 90.67/100 and 88.00/100) SANS GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA) certification (test scores: 82.66/100 and 92.00/100)
	Publications and Presentations Select presentations (full list) "What Every Organization Should Monitor and Log" "Simple Log Mining" "Log Forensics" "Seven Mistakes of Security Log Management" Full list of security presentations. All my presentations on Slideshare. Select security publications (full list) (see also books on the right) "Issues discovering compromised machines" "Five mistakes of log analysis" "Five mistakes of vulnerability management" Full list of security publications Physics publications A. Chuvakin and J.Smith, "Evolution program for parton densities with perturbative heavy flavor boundary conditions", Comput.Phys.Commun. 143 (2002) 257-286 Full list of physics publications
	Membership Member of SANS GIAC Advisory Board Member of The Honeynet Project Member of Information Systems Security Journal Editorial Board Member of MITRE CEE Standard Project Working Group Member of MITRE OVAL Project Advisory Board Member of CVSS Standard Working Group Contributor to SANS/FBI "Top 20 Most Critical Internet Security Vulnerabilities" (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) SANS courseware author (Log management class) Former Contributor to SANS GCIA examination questions Former Contributor to GAISP Incident Management working group Former Contributor to AVDL Standard effort Member of ISSA, CSI, InfraGard Advisory Board Member, nexTier Networks, Inc Advisory Board Member, Savant Protection, Inc
	Contact Information Location: San Jose, CA E-mail Anton Chuvakin ICQ #29034084 Public PGP key
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