In our ongoing series of interviews, this week Jeremiah Grossman
answered a few questions and pulled back the curtain a bit on
the methods, tools and motivation for the work he does.
Jeremiah Grossman is a world-renowned expert in Web security. In
2001, he founded WhiteHat Security. He is a founder of the Web
Application Security Consortium (WASC), and was named to
InfoWorld’s Top 25 CTOs for 2007.  He is also a frequent speaker
at industry events including the Black Hat Briefings, RSA
Conference, ISACA, CSI, InfoSec World, OWASP, ISSA, and Defcon
as well as a number of large universities. He has authored
dozens of articles and white papers, is credited with the
discovery of many cutting-edge attack and defensive techniques
and is a co-author of XSS Attacks: Cross Site Scripting Exploits
and Defense.  He was named a “friend of Google” and is also an
influential blogger ( who offers insight and encourages open
dialogue regarding current research and vulnerability trend
information.  Prior to WhiteHat, he was