Michael Gavin, Security Strategist

Michael is an accomplished security expert with unyielding passion for application security and a history of helping clients implement risk mitigation strategies. His balanced skill set of technical depth and industry intelligence places him at the apex of developing solutions that address the real world problems that end-users face on a daily basis. Michael’s primary responsibility at Security Innovation is defining and executing defensive and mitigation solutions that encompass education, process consultancy, and/or design improvements.

Previously, Michael was a highly respected Senior Analysts at Forrester. While there, he was a member of the Security & Risk Management team covering software security, vulnerability management, and incident response and digital investigations. Michael was responsible for following relevant vendor companies, trends and new technologies and providing analysis to his clients and the press.

Michael has presented at dozens of leading conferences including the CIO Summit and RSA Conference and has been quoted for media outlest such as Forbes.com, InformationWeek, SC Magazine, CNET, Linux News and many others.

Michael holds an Sc.M. in Computer Science from Brown University and an A.B. in Mathematics from Boston College.