Heather Adkins
Google’s Founding Defender
Twenty-plus years of Google security, and Operation Aurora
Rating
85Impact score
Domains
Incident responseEnterprise defenceReliability
Scouting report
A founding member of Google’s security team who built and ran its incident response function, including the response to the 2009 Operation Aurora intrusion that Google chose to disclose publicly — a decision that reset industry norms on breach transparency. Co-authored Building Secure and Reliable Systems, and has served on US federal cybersecurity advisory bodies.
Curator’s note
Ran the response that made public disclosure of a state intrusion normal.
Sources
- 01Building Secure and Reliable Systems sre.google
- 02Operation Aurora en.wikipedia.org