Markus Jakobsson

Markus Jakobsson
Occupation	Computer Security Researcher, Entrepreneur, Writer

Markus Jakobsson is a computer security researcher, entrepreneur and writer, whose work is focused on the issue of digital security.

Markus Jakobsson became a senior director at Qualcomm after Qualcomm acquired FatSkunk in 2014; Jakobsson founded FatSkunk in 2009, and served as its CTO until the acquisition. Prior to his position at Qualcomm, Jakobsson has served as Principal Scientist of Consumer Security at PayPal, held positions as the Principal Scientist for Palo Alto Research Center and RSA Security, and served as vice president of the International Financial Cryptography Association. Prior to these positions, he was a member of the Technical Staff at Bell Labs, and held a position at Xerox PARC. In addition, Jakobsson serves as an expert witness and is a member of the software and networking litigation group Harbor Labs. He has a background in higher education, having served as an associate professor at Indiana University where he was also a cybersecurity researcher and co-director of the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research. He has also served as an adjunct associate professor at New York University.

In 2004, Jakobsson was one of the founders of the digital security company RavenWhite. The Silicon Valley company offers digital solutions for businesses that pair customer identity with digital privacy. In 2006, he launched securitycartoon.com with Dr. Sukamol Srikwan. A website using comics to teach security awareness and understanding among the average internet user, it became the basis for the company Extricatus, LLC. Its aim is to decrease security vulnerabilities among companies caused by social engineering and human error. With Extricatus, he unveiled the concept of Fastwords, an online password creation system where users create secure passwords made of a string of everyday words in order to make them easy to remember. In 2009, Jakobsson co-founded Fatskunk, a company that targets malware that attacks wireless devices such as tablets and smartphones. He has served on the advisory boards for Metaforic, a VC-backed company that markets software that other developers can incorporate into their own for greater security, and Lifelock, an identity protection company. In addition, he is a visiting research fellow of the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), an organization focused on reducing cybercrime.

Jakobsson holds a PhD in computer science from the University of California at San Diego, as well as master's degrees from both the University of California at San Diego and Lund University in Sweden.

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