[BOARD] Tom Stracener has joined the Editorial Board

["Steven M. Christey" <coley@linus.mitre.org>]

Tom Stracener of Hiverworld, Inc. has joined the Editorial Board.  He
has been the lead in the development of Hiverworld's vulnerability
database, wrestling with a number of issues (e.g. content decisions)
that the Board has been discussing with respect to CVE.  My
conversations with him (and other Hiverworld personnel) indicate a
strong understanding of some of the fundamental challenges that this
community faces with respect to sharing vulnerability information and
conducting effective risk assessment.

Below is a short bio:

> Mr. Stracener is the Head of Research and Development at Hiverworld,
> Inc. Having five years of experience researching distributed
> artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other aspects of
> applied cognitive science, Mr. Stracener is leading the development of
> automated methods of risk analysis and risk management. He is both a
> co-developer of the ARMS Vulnerability Inference Engine and the
> creator of the ARMS vulnerability scoring methodology, a robust risk
> analysis system that aids security personnel in understanding risks to
> their networking environment. Mr. Stracener recently spoke at SANS
> NS'99 in New Orleans, on the topic of emerging technologies and
> limitations in Firewall and Intrusion Detection Systems. Also, he is
> the co-author of the upcoming New Riders Landmark series book
> "Enterprise Linux Security."

Welcome aboard, Tom!

- Steve