About Hacker Factor
The company, Hacker Factor, was established in 2002 by Dr. Neal Krawetz.
Neal Krawetz holds a Ph.D. in
Computer Science from
Texas A&M University
and a Bachelors degree in
Computer and Information Science from the
University of California, Santa Cruz.
Dr. Krawetz has a strong background in software research, development,
computer security, forensics, profiling, artificial intelligence,
networking, and operating systems.
His work experience spans small startup companies, academic and university
environments, and large Fortune-100 corporations:
- Computer Security (15+ years).
Auditing systems and software for potential exploits,
evaluating and assessing risk potentials,
developing security-oriented solutions,
tracing remote intruders,
tracking undesirable email (Spam) sources,
and training non-security-oriented software engineers.
This work includes computer forensics and profiling.
- Software Development (20+ years).
Custom software architecture, design, and development.
Previous projects include large-scale e-commerce servers, web robots, VPN
solutions, automated cryptanalysis tools, radio harmonic analysis,
and billing systems.
- Computer Networking (10+ years).
Recommending and implementing network solutions.
Previous projects include
numerous network-based software applications,
network administration,
integration, debugging and troubleshooting,
designing solutions for network services and hosting,
and physically wiring facilities for network access.
- Operating Systems (15+ years).
In-depth knowledge covering a variety of operating systems including
Unix, Linux, Windows, Macintosh, and other systems.
Previous projects include software development, cross-system porting,
and system administration.
Dr. Krawetz has presented at many computer conferences on the
topics of email and spam, covert communication channels,
and computer forensics. In addition he has authored two books:
Introduction to Network Security and
Hacking Ubuntu.
Résumé available upon request.
