Rebecca Bace Venture Consultant Trident Capital

Becky Bace is an internationally acclaimed expert in network security and intrusion detection. She has been recognized as one of the most influential women in information security today. Becky has worked in security since the 1980s, leading the first major intrusion detection research program at the National Security Agency (where she received a Distinguished Leadership Award) and serving as Deputy Security Officer for the Computing Division of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. She is currently President and CEO of Infidel, Inc., a strategic consulting firm focusing on security, and a venture consultant for Trident Capital, where she oversees Trident’s security-related investment portfolio. Becky has advised several successful startups, including TriCipher, Qualys, Security Focus, Tripwire, Arxan, SecureWorks, @Stake, Sygate Technologies, Thor Technologies, and Intruvert Networks. Her publication credits include Intrusion Detection and (with Fred Chris Smith) A Guide to Forensic Testimony: The Art and Practice of Presenting Testimony as an Expert Technical Witness. She is also the author of NIST Special Publication SP 800-31 Intrusion Detection and the chapters on intrusion detection and vulnerability assessment for the fourth and fifth editions of the Computer Security Handbook, the definitive practice handbook for information security professionals.