As Vice President in Stroz Friedberg’s Security Science practice, Cassio Goldschmidt leads engagements that help clients proactively identify, validate and prioritize information and cyber risk. With almost 20 years of experience working with global organizations, Mr. Goldschmidt brings a balanced technical and business perspective to aid organizations in managing both product and program-level security.

Mr. Goldschmidt is also known for his contributions to Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Software Assurance Forum for Excellence in Code (SAFECode), the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)/SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security (SANS) Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Errors, along with contributing to the security education curriculum of numerous universities and industry certifications. He spoke at conferences such as RSA, Black Hat, ISSA International Conference, ISSA CIO summit, CIO Event, ACSAC, (ISC) ² Security Congress, FS-ISAC, Better Software, NULLCon, and Global OWASP AppSec in countries such as Brazil, China, India, Poland, Sweden and the United States.

Mr. Goldschmidt was one of the three finalist in the first (ISC)² Americas Information Security Leadership (ISLA) Awards 2011 in the Information Security Practitioner category and endowed with the special Community Service Star award during the same occasion. In 2012 Mr. Goldschmidt was one of the finalists of the first OWASP Web Application Security Person of the Year (WASPY) Awards. He is the single inventor of three U.S. patents and the co-inventor of a fourth U.S. patents.

Mr. Goldschmidt received a B.S. in Computer Science from Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS), a M.S. in Software Engineering from Santa Clara University (SCU), and a M.B.A from University of Southern California (USC Marshall School of Business). Mr. Goldschmidt’s certifications include the following: CSSLP (Certified Software Security Lifecycle Professional), CIPP/US (Certified Information Privacy Professional / United States), CIPT (Certified Information Privacy Technologist), CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional), and CBP (Certified Bitcoin Professional).