Altaz Valani is the Director of Research at Security Compass, where he manages the overall research vision and team. Prior to that, he was a Senior Research Director and Executive Advisor at Info-Tech Research Group as well as a Senior Manager at KPMG. Altaz currently collaborates on several industry, national, and international working groups (such as IEEE, SAFECode, The Open Group, OWASP, and CIOSC) to address challenges around cyber security and software development.