Technology >> CEO Interviews >> August 7, 2001

George Kurtz – Foundstone Inc

GEORGE KURTZ is CEO of Foundstone, Inc. In addition to co-authoring the international best selling security book Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Mr. Kurtz has written for or been quoted in the following publications: Information Security News, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Associated Press, ComputerWorld, and InfoWorld. Mr. Kurtz is an internationally recognized security expert and frequent speaker at many of the major security conferences, including: Gartner Security Conference, Networld+Interop, Black Hat, The Internet Security Conference (TISC), and the Computer Security Institute (CSI). Prior to co-founding Foundstone, Mr. Kurtz served as a Senior Manager and the national leader of Ernst & Young's Security Profiling Services Group. Prior to joining Ernst & Young, Mr. Kurtz was a Manager at Price Waterhouse where he was responsible for developing their network-based attack and penetration methodologies used around the world. Profile
TWST: Could we start out with a brief history and overview of

Foundstone?

Mr. Kurtz: Foundstone is a pure play security solutions provider that

was formed in 1999. We've had two rounds of