Daniel Teal

About Daniel Teal

I am a consummate computer security professional. I have watched the security field grow over my long career and am accomplished in many of the facets of security today. As a US Air Force Officer in the early 1990s, I helped develop the technologies and techniques for offensive and defensive information warfare. I have long proposed that you cannot adequately secure something unless you know how to attack it. I have developed penetration testing tools, researched and developed host and network based intrusion detection systems, tested the efficacy of security products, architected next generation security products, and mentored security development teams. My primary objective is to develop advanced security products to stop the threats of today and mitigate the threats of tomorrow.

Experience

1. Principal Engineer

   Sophos

   Jul 2015 — Present

   Responsible for designing and implementing next generation technology into the Sophos product line.

Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  1985 — 1989

Skills

• Computer Security
• Network Security
• Security
• Penetration Testing
• Cloud Computing
• Linux
• Virtualization
• Tcp/Ip
• Saas
• Enterprise Software
• Embedded Systems
• Firewalls
• Device Drivers
• Unix
• C++
• Vulnerability Assessment
• C
• Application Security
• Ruby
• Disaster Recovery
• Product Management
• Reverse Engineering
• Java
• Software Engineering
• Networking
• Software Development
• Data Center
• Cissp
• Encryption
• Vmware
• Information Security
• Agile Methodologies
• Cisco Technologies
• Internet Security
• Perl
• Vulnerability Management
• System Architecture
• Information Security Management
• Open Source
• Solaris