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Symantec Corporation is an American software company headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States. The company produces software for security, storage, backup and availability - and offers professional services to support softwares.

Dr. Herbert Hugh Thompson is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Symantec, Program Committee Chairman of RSA Conference (www.rsaconference.com) and an Adjunct Professor in the Computer Science Department at Columbia University. Dr. Thompson is a world-renown expert in information security. He has co-authored three books on the topic including, How to Break Software Security: Effective Techniques for Security Testing (with Dr. James Whittaker, published by Addison-Wesley, 2003), and The Software Vulnerability Guide (with Scott Chase, published by Charles River 2005). He is also the co-author (with Bob Sullivan of NBC News) a business/psychology book from Penguin titled 'The Plateau Effect' (www.plateaueffect.com). In 2006 he was named one of the 'Top 5 Most Influential Thinkers in IT Security' by SC Magazine.Dr. Thompson has delivered talks/keynotes at key conferences and Fortune 500 corporations and writes frequently on the topic of information security. He has delivered a keynote presentation at every RSA Conference (US) since 2007. Dr. Thompson has been interviewed by top news organizations including CNN, NPR, CNBC, ABC, Fox News, CBS Evening News, MSNBC, HBO, BusinessWeek, Forbes, Fortune, Associated Press, and the Washington Post. He has authored more than 80 academic and industrial publications on information security and writes for such industry publications as The New York Times, Scientific American, IEEE Security & Privacy, CSO Magazine, Network World and Forbes. Prior to joining Symantec, Thompson was Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Blue Coat Systems (www.bluecoat.com) until the company was acquired by Symantec in 2016. He earned his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Florida Institute of Technology.