Neil Daswani

Neil Daswani
Born	September 20, 1974 (1974-09-20) (age 37)
Fields	Computer Science
Institutions	Google

Neil Daswani is a Co-Director of the Stanford Advanced Security Certification Program, and an expert in web application security. He is the lead author of the book "Foundations of Security: What Every Programmer Needs To Know." (ISBN 978-1590597842)

In 2008, he co-founded Dasient, a web security company, along with another ex-Googler and Berkeley alum Shariq Rizvi, and former McKinsey strategy consultant Ameet Ranadive. Daswani was previously a Product Manager at Google.

Prior to his roles at Google and Stanford, he served in a variety of research, development, teaching, and managerial roles at Yodlee, Lucent, and Bellcore (now Telcorida Technologies). His additional areas of expertise include wireless data technology, and peer-to-peer systems. He has published extensively in these areas [1], frequently gives talks at industry and academic conferences, and has been granted several U.S. patents [2].

At Google [3], he led the authoring of "The Anatomy of Clickbot.A," [4] a detailed analysis of a 100,000 machine botnet constructed to conduct click fraud, and a book chapter on "Online Advertising Fraud." [5] While at Stanford, he was the PhD student of Hector Garcia-Molina, and he co-founded the Stanford Center Professional Development (SCPD) Security Certification Program [6]. He received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University. He also holds a M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University, and a B.S. in Computer Science with honors with distinction from Columbia University.

External links

• Neil Daswani's Home Page
• Neil Daswani's Blog
• Neil Daswani's research papers
• Neil Daswani at the Air & Space Conference 2008
• ComputerWorld article on Neil Daswani
• Book Release: Foundations of Security
• Google Dissects a Clickbot, And Discusses The Cost Of Click Fraud

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