Pravir Chandra
Principal Consultant, Cigital
Pravir Chandra is a Principal Consultant at Cigital, where he works with clients
to optimize efficacy of software security programs. Pravir is widely recognized
in the industry for his expertise in application security and code analysis, and
also for his ability to apply technical knowledge strategically from a business
perspective. Prior to Cigital, he was affiliated with Secure Software, Inc., where
he was Co-Founder and Chief Security Architect. Previously, he managed an Operations
Security group at AOL Time Warner where he supervised the build-out and maintenance
of critical security infrastructure for the company as well as serving as a security
investigator on their operational incident-response team. Pravir¹s book,
Network Security with Open SSL is a popular reference on protecting software applications
through cryptography and secure communications. His varied special project experience
includes serving as Project Lead for the Comprehensive Lightweight Application
Security Process (CLASP) project with the Open Web Application Security Project
(OWASP) Foundation.