Synopsys, Inc. Forms Technical Advisory Board for Software Integrity Group
January 11, 2018 at 06:05 am
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Synopsys, Inc. announced the formation of a Technical Advisory Board to guide the technical direction of the Synopsys Software Integrity Group's security products and services, foster innovation and help ensure long-term business success. The five-member board of experienced software and security executives will counsel Synopsys on broader trends in the software industry, provide input on its solutions strategy, and help align its priorities with the requirements of its customers and market. The TAB will be chaired by Dr. Gary McGraw, vice president of security technology at Synopsys. The initial board members include Dr. Brian Chess (Oracle), Dr. Neil Daswani (Symantec), Dr. Charlie Miller (Cruise Automation), and Dr. Laurie Williams (North Carolina State University). Brian Chess, Ph.D., is global vice president of infrastructure, security, and compliance at Oracle NetSuite. Previously he was founder and chief scientist at Fortify Software. Neil Daswani, Ph.D., is the chief information security officer for Symantec's Consumer Business Unit. He has served in a variety of research, development, teaching, and managerial roles at LifeLock (acquired by Symantec), Twitter, Dasient, Google, Stanford University, NTT Docomo USA Labs, Yodlee, and Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore). Charlie Miller, Ph.D., is the principal autonomous vehicle security architect at Cruise Automation. Laurie Williams, Ph.D., is the interim department head of computer science and a professor in the Computer Science Department of the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University (NCSU). Gary McGraw, Ph.D., is the vice president of security technology of Synopsys. Prior to Synopsys, Gary served as the CTO of Cigital, which was acquired by Synopsys in 2016. He is a globally recognized authority on software security and the author of eight best-selling books on this topic.
Synopsys Inc. specializes in the development and marketing of software programs aimed mainly at manufacturers of semi-conductors, computers and electronic equipment. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- sale of software and hardware (82.4%): sale of software for the automation of integrated circuit design, pre-designed circuits for semiconductors, software and hardware for the validation of electronic systems, etc.;
- provision of services (17.6%): consulting, maintenance and technical assistance services in the areas of software security, quality and compliance.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (47.7%), China (15.2%), Korea (10.9%), Europe (10.2%) and other (16%).