Steven Davis

Current

IT Security Expert at IT GlobalSecure Inc.
Game Security Expert at IT GlobalSecure Inc.
Author at PlayNoEvil Blog

CEO at IT GlobalSecure Inc.

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Past

Author at "Protecting Games"
Senior Information Technologist at TRW - Treasury Communication Systems Contract
Senior Information Technologist at TRW - FAA AUATAC Support Contract

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Education

The George Washington University
University of California, Berkeley

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Industry

Internet

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Steven Davis’s Summary

Overall technical and business leader. Lead service consultant for IT security and game security projects. Lead developer for SecurePlay (http://www.secureplay.com) anti-cheating software. Lead developer for SecurePlay Keeper anti-piracy software. Lead Developer for SecurePlay Seer portal/reseller auditing service for developers and content creators. Speaker on game security at many events including Korea Game Conference, Game Developer Conference, and Austin Game Conference. Lead author of security sections for IGDA report for casual and online games in 2004,2005,and 2006. Patents and patents pending for game security, transaction security, and other areas. Creator of DiceHoldem game.

Steven Davis’s Specialties:

encryption, digital signatures, DRM, digital rights management, anti-cheat, anti-cheating, piracy, anti-piracy, expert witness, CALEA, information security, INFOSEC, computer security, network security, game design security, PKI, public key cryptography, public key infrastructure, cryptographic design, security design, security evaluation, authentication, access control, biometrics, security policy, program management, project management, software development, C++, Java, game design

Steven Davis’s Experience

IT Security Expert

IT GlobalSecure Inc.

(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

Mr. Davis provides IT security consulting services to companies needing system architect and security engineering services and expert witness services to companies, investors, and others. These services include all aspects of information security and security policy including CALEA, encryption, key managament, anti-piracy, license secuirty, public key infrastructure (PKI), firewalls, intrustion detection and protection, security policy, and custom solutions to meet unique requirements.He has patents and patents pending for game security, IT security, and credit card security.
Game Security Expert

IT GlobalSecure Inc.

(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

Mr. Davis provides expert game security consulting and training services to game developers, publishers, manufacturers, and other members of the game industry. He provides anti-cheating, license security, anti-piracy, and custom security solution design and analysis.
Author

PlayNoEvil Blog

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)

November 2005 — Present (4 years 1 month)

Mr. Davis is the principle author of the PlayNoEvil blog which covers game security and other online gaming issues as well as miscellaneous IT security and other topics
CEO

IT GlobalSecure Inc.

(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

September 2000 — Present (9 years 3 months)

Mr. Davis leads the development of the SecurePlay anti-cheating game security software suite as well as the SecurePlay Keeper anti-piracy toolkit and SecurePlay Seer secure purchase auditing system.

Steven Davis’s Education

The George Washington University

MA , Security Policy Studies , 1987 — 1989
University of California, Berkeley

Ba , Mathematics , 1983 — 1987

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Steven Davis’s Interests:

IT security, computer games, board games, casual games, casino games, gambling, cryptography, computer security, network security, encryption, authentication, public key infrastructure, PKI, biometrics, credit card security