- Lance James
Lance James is an American
computer scientist , considered an expert on computer security techniques such as anti-phishing . He has been quoted on the subject in multiple media outlets, including CBC,CNN , theBBC , theDavid Lawrence Show,ZDNet , "Wired News ",CSO , "USA Today ", "Fox News ", and the "Washington Post ".He was born in 1978 in Wenatchee,
Washington . His father was a Marine, and his mother was adiplomat working in the Canadianforeign service . His maternal grandfather Eric Maughan, is notable for being acentenarian , having turned 100 on August 31, 2005.Because of his father's career, the family moved often, and James attended multiple high schools, from
North Carolina toBurnaby North Secondary School , in Burnaby,British Columbia (the same school thatMichael J. Fox graduated from), and Mount Vernon High School inMount Vernon, Washington , from where he graduated. His first career was as amusician . He studiedviolin underSherry Kloss , and then playedjazz flamenco music in various locations in San Diego, with the band "Gatos Papacitos," playing violin and occasionally keyboards. At one point he was managed by Marcus Breaux ("Chance Styles"), until Breaux's untimely death.In October 2001, James founded invisiblenet.net, a distributed cryptographic framework for the internet for anonymity and privacy.
In 2003, James founded "Secure Science Corporation", where he is currently
CTO . SSC provides intelligence-based services and products for computer forensics and anti-phishing applications, providing intelligence to major financial institutions and government agencies.James has been a keynote speaker at Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force meetings, and several major universities, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison's "Takedown" conference, in 2005, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of California San Diego, San Diego State University, and Cal State Poly. He also speaks to several law enforcement, regulatory, and intelligence agencies, the Pentagon, Anti-Phishing Working Group, Digital-Phishnet, UNAM-CERT, HTCIA Hong Kong, SANS, BIT, and testifies as an expert witness in U.S. Congressional Hearings.
James was married in 2002, and lives with his wife and children in San Diego.
Writing
* "Phishing Exposed", 2005, Syngress, ISBN 1-59749-030-X
* "Emerging Threat Analysis", 2006, Syngress, ISBN 1-59749-056-3
* " [http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1745 Banking Scam Revealed] ", November 2003, securityfocus.com (article by Secure Science Corporation)
* "The T-Mobile Voice Mail Compromise", August 2004, securityfocus.com
* " [http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/id/ALIWG927O11BC Amazon Profile] ", Web Log of Lance James
* " [http://neural-cybernetix.blogspot.com Neural-CybernetiX] ", Web Log of LanceBoard Positions
Advisory Board: [http://www.ncfta.net NCFTA] / [http://www.digitalphishnet.org Digital PhishNet]
External links
* [http://www.securescience.net Secure Science Corporation]
References
* Listed at "whatis.com" by TechTarget, as a telephony expert
*"Meth Addicts and Phishing", "USA Today"
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