Innovating with Scott Amyx

Interview with Dr. Salvatore Stolfo, CTO of Allure Security & Columbia University Professor

January 8, 2020

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Today I am joined by Dr. Salvatore Stolfo, PhD, Columbia University professor and Chief Technology Officer at Allure Security. As a professor of artificial intelligence at Columbia University since 1979, Dr. Stolfo has spent a career figuring out how people think, and how to make computers and systems think like people. Early in his career he realized that the best technology adapts to how humans work, not the other way around. Dr. Stolfo has been granted over 75 patents and has published over 230 papers and books in the areas of parallel computing, AI knowledge-based systems, data mining, computer security and intrusion detection systems. His research has been supported by numerous government agencies, including DARPA, NSF, ONR, NSA, CIA, IARPA, AFOSR, ARO, NIST, and DHS.

Sal has spent 30 years innovating in the field of fraud and data breach detection, and holds more than 80 U.S. patents on technology as applied to these disciplines. Sal established the intrusion detection research lab at Columbia and received $10M in funding from DARPA, a U.S.. government agency specializing in cyber security innovation, in the aftermath of the Snowden breach. With that investment, he founded Allure Security, a Boston-based cybersecurity firm that has since received a $5.3M round of early-stage funding led by Rick Grinnell of Glasswing Ventures. Allure serves the financial, healthcare, higher education and technology sectors. Their SaaS product helps companies protect customer data and brand reputation through early detection and mitigation of website spoofing as part of an orchestrated phishing attack. The product is built on Sal’s patented technology.

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