"Dan Geer" is a computer security analyst and risk management specialist. He is recognized for raising awareness of critical computer and network security issues before the risks were widely understood, and for ground-breaking work on the economics of security.

Geer is currently the chief information security officer for In-Q-Tel, a not-for-profit venture capital firm that invests in technology to support the Central Intelligence Agency.

In 2003, Geer's 24-page report entitled [http://cryptome.org/cyberinsecurity.htm "CyberInsecurity: The Cost of Monopoly"] was released by the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA). The paper argued that Microsoft's dominance of desktop computer operating systems is a threat to national security. Geer was fired (from consultancy @Stake) the day the report was made public. Geer has cited subsequent changes in the Vista operating system (notably a Address space randomization/location-randomization feature) as evidence that Microsoft "accepted the paper."

Geer received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT, where he was a member of the Theta Deuteron charge of Theta Delta Chi fraternity. He also received a Doctor of Science/Sc.D. in biostatistics from Harvard, and has worked for:

* Health Sciences Computing Facility, Harvard School of Public Health

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