About Neil
Neil Daswani is an engineering manager at Twitter. He was formerly the CTO of Dasient, Inc. prior to its acquisition by Twitter. Before co-founding Dasient, Neil had served in a variety of research, development, teaching, and managerial roles at Google, Stanford University, DoCoMo USA Labs, Yodlee, and Bellcore (now Telcordia Technologies). While at Stanford, Neil co-founded the Stanford Center for Professional Development Software Security Certification Program .His areas of expertise include security, wireless data technology, and peer-to-peer systems. He has published extensively in these areas, frequently gives talks at industry and academic conferences, and has been granted several U.S. patents.He received a Ph.D. and a master’s in computer science from Stanford University, and earned a bachelor’s in computer science with honors with distinction from Columbia University.
In his free time Neil enjoys trying new sushi restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area and enjoys running/jogging whenever he gets the chance.
Publications
Foundations of Security: What Every Programmer Needs to Know
Teaches new and current software professionals state-of-the-art software security design principles, methodology, and concrete programming techniques they need to build secure software systems.
“Information Technology is for everyone, not just geeks. But that means security is everyone’s business, as you will discover in the pages of this excellent book!”
-Vint Cerf, A Founding Father of the Internet
Speaking up for online trust
October 2, 2012
October 2, 2012
Twitter Acquires Web Security Firm Dasient
January 24, 2012
January 24, 2012
Twitter Acquires Second Security Firm in Three Months
January 24, 2012
January 24, 2012
Twitter Buys Dasient Security Startup To Combat Spam
January 24, 2012
January 24, 2012
Twitter acquires security firm Dasient
January 23, 2012
January 23, 2012
With Self-Serve Ads On The Way, Twitter Adds Security Startup Dasient To Its Ad Product Team
January 23, 2012
January 23, 2012
5 Essential Mobile Security Tips
September 9, 2011
September 9, 2011
How to Protect Your Business from Cyber Threats
August 19, 2011
August 19, 2011
Mobile apps found vulnerable and apt to leak information
August 16, 2011
August 16, 2011
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