Matthew Bishop

Matthew Bishop, PhD, is a Professor at the University of California, Davis, specializing in computer security with a focus on vulnerability analysis and denial of service problems. Active in the field since 1979, he has made significant contributions to formal modeling, particularly regarding access controls and the Take-Grant Protection Model, as well as intrusion detection and response systems. Bishop's extensive experience includes research on the security of various UNIX operating systems and efforts to enhance education in information assurance, exemplified by his role as a charter member of the Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education.