Ben Laurie

Director of Security Ben Laurie is acknowledged as one of the foremost security computer experts in the world. He is the creator of Apache-SSL – the web’s de-facto secure web server application and a core team member of OpenSSL, the world’s most widely used cryptographic library. He is author of ‘Apache: The Definitive Guide,’ is a founding director of Apache Software Foundation (ASF) and the Head of the ASF Security Team. Ben contributes regularly to the security industry’s key forums, groups and conferences.

He is a key member of FIRST (http://www.first.org/), the recognised global leader in security incident response; as well as a contributor to Black Hat Europe (http://www.blackhat.com/), a leading industry think tank that brings together the corporate, security and IT communities to provide continuous visibility of the newest vulnerabilities, defense mechanisms, and security trends. Other Bunker forum involvement includes the Jericho Forum (https://www.opengroup.org/jericho/index.tpl), an international circle of IT customer and vendor organisations dedicated to the development of open security standards to enhance the flow of information across the internet.