Mudge is the Director of CITL. He has contributed significantly to disclosureand education on information and security vulnerabilities over the past 25years. In addition to pioneering buffer overflow work, the security work hehas released contained early examples of flaws in the following areas: codeinjection, race conditions, side-channel attacks, exploitation of embeddedsystems, and cryptanalysis of commercial systems. He was the original authorof the password cracking software L0phtCrack, Anti-Sniff, and L0phtWatch. In2010, Mudge accepted a position as a program manager at DARPA where he oversawcyber security R&D; and re-built the Agency's approach to cyber securityresearch. In 2013 Mudge went to work for Google where he was the DeputyDirector of their Advanced Technology & Projects division. Most recently,after conversations with the White House, Mudge stood up the non-profit CyberIndependent Testing Laboratory inspired by efforts such as Consumer's Union(Consumer Reports). He is the recipient of the Secretary of DefenseExceptional Civilian Service Award medal, an honorary Plank Owner of the USNavy Destroyer DDG-85, was inducted into the Order of Thor, the US Army'sAssociation of Cyber Military Professionals, recognized as a vital contributorto the creation of the US Cyber Corps (SfS PDD-63), and has received othercommendations from the CIA and from the Executive Office of the President ofthe United States.