Author at "Protecting Games"
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Author at "Protecting Games"
- IT Security Consultant at IT GlobalSecure Inc.
- Game Security Consultant at IT GlobalSecure Inc.
- Author at PlayNoEvil Blog
- CEO at IT GlobalSecure Inc.
- Past
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- Senior Information Technologist at TRW - Treasury Communication Systems Contract
- Senior Information Technologist at TRW - FAA AUATAC Support Contract
- Senior Engineer at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) - NSA Support
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- Education
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- The George Washington University
- University of California, Berkeley
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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
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Author
"Protecting Games"
(Gambling & Casinos industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Wrote the book "Protecting Games" which covers a wide range of security issues for games, online communities, and virtual worlds. Specific topics include: Piracy, Used Games, Cheating, DRM, Tournaments, Protecting Kids, COPPA, Online Identity, Fraud, Payment Processing and Security, and Griefing.
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IT Security Consultant
IT GlobalSecure Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
January 2006 — Present (3 years 7 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.
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Game Security Consultant
IT GlobalSecure Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)
January 2006 — Present (3 years 7 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.
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Author
PlayNoEvil Blog
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)
November 2005 — Present (3 years 9 months)
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
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CEO
IT GlobalSecure Inc.
(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)
September 2000 — Present (8 years 11 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
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The George Washington University
MA , Security Policy Studies , 1987 — 1989
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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
Steven Davis’s Honors:
Certified Information System Security Analyst, National Security Agency
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