Stuart McClure is president and chief technology officer of Foundstone, experts in strategic security. Widely recognized for his extensive and in-depth knowledge of security products, McClure is considered one of the industry's leading authorities in information security today.
A well-published and acclaimed security visionary, McClure brings over 14 years of technology and executive leadership to Foundstone with profound technical, operational, and financial experience. McClure leads product vision and strategy, and holds operational responsibilities for all technology development, support, and implementation. He has helped grow annual revenues more than 100% every year since the company's inception in 1999.
In 1999, McClure took the lead in authoring Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets and Solutions, one of the best selling security and computer books in history. It has been translated into 19 languages, and ranks as the #4 computer book in total sales. McClure also co-authored Hacking Exposed: Windows 2000 by Osborne/McGraw-Hill, and Web Hacking: Attacks and Defense by Addison-Wesley.
McClure has held a variety of leadership positions in security and IT management. He was with Ernst & Young's National Security Profiling Team, spent two years as an industry analyst with InfoWorld's Test Center, and spent five years as Director of IT with both state and local California government. He also owned an IT consultancy, and worked in IT at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
McClure holds a bachelor degree in psychology and philosophy, with an emphasis in computer science applications, from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has earned numerous certifications including ISC2's CISSP, Novell's CNE, and Check Point's CCSE.
Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions 5th Ed.
Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions 2nd Ed.