15 Facts About Window Snyder

Window Snyder has been a top security officer at Square, Inc.

Window Snyder is co-author of Threat Modeling, a standard manual on application security.

Window Snyder goes by her middle name Window; her first name is used only by family members.

Window Snyder attended Boston College, after graduating from Choate Rosemary Hall in 1993 and has served on their board.

Window Snyder went by the nickname Rosie the Riveter in the hacker scene.

Window Snyder then pursued this career path as one of the first computer scientists to specialize in cybersecurity, and to proactively try to bridge the gap between corporations and the security researchers often termed 'hackers.

Window Snyder created the Blue Hat Microsoft Hacker Conference, an event bringing together engineers at Microsoft and hackers for a dialogue about the security of Microsoft's software.

On December 10,2008, Window Snyder said that she would be leaving Mozilla Corporation at the end of the year.

On March 1,2010, Window Snyder began work at Apple Inc as product manager responsible for the privacy and security of all Apple products.

In 2015, Window Snyder became chief security officer at content distribution network Fastly.

Intel's Software and Services Group senior vice president and general manager, Doug Fisher, announced in July 2018 that Window Snyder would become the company's Platforms Security Division's chief security officer, vice president and general manager.

Window Snyder has since left Intel and in May 2019 joined Square, Inc.

Window Snyder has been appearing publicly to speak about challenges in computer security at several conferences and hackathons.

In May 2017 Window Snyder spoke at Next Generation Threats, held by Techworld, IDG in Stockholm, Sweden.

Window Snyder has talked about career paths of women in cybersecurity, as for example in a keynote at the Women in Tech Symposium on March 6,2020, on the UC Berkeley campus.