Tom Ritter is a Security Consultant at iSEC Partners, a strategic digital security organization, performing application and system penetration testing and analysis for multiple platforms and environments. He graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology with a Masters in Computer Science; prior to iSEC, he has worked as a Security Engineer at a lead security consulting company and a Team Lead in .Net and SQL Server Development for a Financial Services Company. He has presented at security conferences in Europe, North and South America and is involved in IETF Working Groups relating the internet-standard secure protocols. His research interests are centered around cryptography, anonymity, and privacy.