Jim Denaro (@CipherLaw) is the founder of CipherLaw, a Washington, D.C.-based consultancy and focuses his practice on the legal, technical, and ethical issues faced by innovators in information security. Jim is a frequent speaker and writer on legal issues in information security and has experience in a wide range of technologies, including intrusion detection and prevention, botnet investigation, malware discovery and remediation, and cryptography. Jim is a regular consultant on responsible disclosure policies and is involved in programs to shield researchers who disclose responsibly.
Jim has completed professional coursework at MIT and Stanford in computer security and cryptography. He also holds technical certifications from the Cloud Security Alliance (CCSK) and Cisco Systems (CCENT), and has passed the CISSP examination (pending certification). Before becoming an attorney, Jim spent obscene amounts of time looking at PPC assembly in MacsBug.