Qualys

Ivan Ristic is a respected security expert and author, known especially for his contribution to the web application firewall field and the development of ModSecurity, the open source web application firewall. He is also the author of Apache Security, a comprehensive security guide for the Apache web server, and ModSecurity Handbook, the definitive guide to the popular open source web application firewall. He founded SSL Labs, a research effort focus on the analysis of the real-life usage of SSL and the related technologies. A frequent speaker at computer security conferences, Ivan is an active participant in the application security community, a member of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), and an officer of the Web Application Security Consortium (WASC). He currently works for Qualys as Director of Engineering, Web Application Firewall and SSL Services.