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Andy Balinsky
Security Research Engineer
Security Research and Operations
Andy Bailnsky is a security researcher that performs security evaluations on Cisco products as a member of the Cisco's Strategic Technology Assurance Team (STAT).
Andy Balinsky started his network security career at the Air Force's Information Warfare Center in 1991. He joined WheelGroup in 1997, and after their acquisition by Cisco in 1998 has worked there since. His experience ranges from wireless networking to video to security products. He is the co-author of the Cisco Press book Cisco Wireless LAN Security, and a founding editorial board member of the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project. He holds a bachelor's in Computer Science from Harvard University and a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Maryland, College Park.
In his personal time, he is an avid environmental advocate, birdwatcher, kayaker, photographer, and cyclist.
Articles
SecCon and the Limits of the Human Mind
One of the things I like best about Cisco’s focus on security is the internal SecCon conference we put on each year. It focuses on security threats, defenses, and innovation. Although I participate as a trainer, organizer, and reviewer, my favorite role this year was as an attendee. The confer…
Security Features vs. Securing Features
Secure software is a hot topic these days and many people have ideas about what should be done to achieve it. For years, the focus of many software vendors was on security features. Add a firewall. Add SSL to secure data flows. Positive security features are great, but they don’t do much to address…
