Steven Lipner

Steve Lipner is the executive director of SAFECode, an industry nonprofit focused on software security assurance. Before SAFECode, he was partner director of software security at Microsoft where he was the creator and long-time leader of the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) and was responsible for software integrity policies and for government security evaluations. Lipner also serves as the chair of the U.S. Government’s Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board. Lipner has more than a half century of experience in cybersecurity as a researcher, engineer, and development manager and is named as coinventor on twelve U.S. patents. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Cybersecurity Hall of Fame. Lipner’s full CV is available at www.stevelipner.org.