Boris Loza (May 5, 1960) is a Russian born academic, professor, dissertation chair, and author. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). Since 2019 he works as a professor of AI and cybersecurity.
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| Born | May 5, 1960 |
| Alma mater | Kuban State Technological University (MS, PhD) |
| Occupations | Information Systems Security Professional, Professor of AI and Cybersecurity |
Early life and education
editLoza was born in Krasnodar, Russia, the former Soviet Union, in 1960, the son of a history schoolteacher and an agricultural engineer.
Loza studied computer science at the Kuban State Technological University and graduated in 1982 with a Master of Science in automation. In 1989, he received his PhD in automation and chemistry for the study of implementing automatic controllers in chemical processes.
Research and career
editLoza is a certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) who has worked for IBM Global Services as a Senior System Administrator and for Fidelity Investments as a Principal Information Systems Security Specialist.[citation needed]
In 2004, Loza published a book titled "UNIX, Solaris and Linux: A Practical Security Cookbook: Securing UNIX Operating Systems without Third-Party Application."[1]
Since 2019, Loza works as a cybersecurity and AI professor, first at Seneca Polytechnic (Canada)[2] (received academic tenure) and later both at Capitol Technology University (USA)[3] and Wilmington University (USA) (adjunct professor).
Since 2024, Loza works as a doctoral advisor, external examiner, dissertation committee member and a subject matter expert at Capitol Technology University and Wilmington University.[4]
Loza's interest in computer security has led him to continue developing products as well as to publish articles[5][6][7] and a book. His articles have been featured in hacker's magazines, such as the "original" Phrack[8] and 2600: The Hacker Quarterly. He has contributed over 40 articles to US industry magazines, such as Usenix[9] ;login:,[10] SysAdmin, Inside Solaris, Inside the Internet, and several others.
As a speaker, author and teacher, Loza has worked for and consulted Fortune and Global 500 companies, including IBM, AT&T and Fidelity Investments, as well as government agencies and start-ups.
His research in information security has been cited in several books, including Information Security: The Complete Reference, Second Edition,[11] DTrace: Dynamic Tracing in Oracle Solaris, Mac OS X, and FreeBSD, BPF Performance Tools, UNIX: The Complete Reference, Second Edition, Hack Proofing Sun Solaris 8, among others.
Some of the computer security products developed by Loza, by himself as well as with co-authors, are HackerProof–external vulnerability scanning software and a standalone device as well a website certification service, External, Internal and Mobile SafePatrol-a computer security system used by both personal and corporate systems and TrackDrive – remote hard drive erasing app.[12]
Loza has contributed over 40 articles to US industry magazines, such as USENIX, SysAdmin, Inside Solaris, Sun[13] and several others. His work, both in Russian and English, has been translated into several languages, including French, Czech and German.[14]
Loza acts as a subject matter expert in courts. He has filed and received several Information Security patents in the US, and has conducted hundreds of information security assessments, security forensics, penetration tests and white hacking assessments.[15]
Awards and honors
editPublications
editLoza has authored a number of books and scientific articles in journals. His published books include:
- UNIX, Solaris and Linux: A Practical Security Cookbook: Securing UNIX Operating Systems without Third-Party Application
- North Caucasus Dolmens: In Search of Wonders
- В поисках необычного. Рассказы о путешествиях (Russian Edition)[17]
References
edit- ↑ Nemeth, Evi (2005). UNIX, Solaris and Linux: A Practical Security Cookbook: Securing UNIX Operating System without Third-Party Applications (9781420848243): Boris Loza: Books. AuthorHouse. ISBN 1420848240.
- ↑ "Faculty - Seneca Polytechnic, Toronto, Canada". www.senecapolytechnic.ca.
- ↑ "Faculty - Capitol Technology University". catalog.captechu.edu.
- ↑ "Faculty - Capitol Technology University". catalog.captechu.edu.
- ↑ "Turn a Solaris Box into a Packet-filtering Firewall". Printfu.org. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ↑ "Sniff Your own Networks with Tcpdump". pdf.io. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Anti-Hacking School" (PDF). www.infosecurity.pro. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ↑ "Phrack Magazine". Phrack.org. Archived from the original on 2011-11-23. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ↑ Boris Loza (2005). "Finding Trojans for Fun and Profit" (PDF). ;login:. 30 (5). USENIX (published October 2005): 19–22. ISSN 1044-6397. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-10. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ↑ Boris Loza (2005). "Under Attack" (PDF). ;login:. 30 (3). USENIX (published June 2005): 54–58. ISSN 1044-6397. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-09. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ↑ Information Security: The Complete Reference, Second Edition. p. 498. ISBN 978-0-07-178436-8.
- ↑ "Laptop Safety: Recover/Erase Vital Data, Track and Locate, Live Webcam Images". Notebak.com. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ↑ Requires membership: http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/40/2/opt-sysadmin/4043
- ↑ "Die Teufelshütten des Kaukasus". NEXUS Magazin (in German).
- ↑ "Changing banking". thestar.com. 2008-03-29. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ↑ "ISC2(R) Announces Winners of Cyber Security Awareness Contest". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2013-07-06. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ↑ В поисках необычного. Рассказы о путешествиях. Amamir Publishing. ISBN 9780973614756.