Brendan is a geek of many trades: violin, ham radio, civil rights, and privacy. After growing up in Montana and finishing two degrees at Johns Hopkins, he did DARPA research for a time in Arlington, VA, before leaving to found his own consultancy, Malice Afterthought - a security research group which recently completed a DARPA Cyber Fast Track contract. After spending six months teaching information warfare for the DoD in 2011, he decided to attend law school at the University of Wisconsin in Madison; he is between his first and second years. He lives and works in Madison, WI with his two cats, Lysistrata and Deus Ex Machina.