Meet the Expert

Ivan Ristic

Red Sift’s Chief Scientist, Hardenize founder, SSL Labs creator, and acclaimed security author.

Ivan Ristić writes computer security books and builds security products. His book “Bulletproof TLS and PKI”, the result of more than a decade of research and study, is widely recognized as the de-facto SSL/TLS and PKI reference manual. His work on SSL Labs made millions of websites more secure. Before that, he created ModSecurity, a leading open-source web application firewall. 

Ivan founded Hardenize - now part of Red Sift - as a platform for continuous security monitoring that helps organizations and individuals worldwide make the best of available network and security standards. Ivan is Chief Scientist at Red Sift.

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"We’re excited to join Red Sift in bringing this best-in-class security solution to the market. Hardenize’s ability to align organizations’ digital assets to recognized security frameworks and standards complements Red Sift’s advanced email security capabilities to provide a single solution that protects organizations from being vulnerable to attackers."

Ivan Ristic
Chief Scientist
Red Sift

"We’re excited to join Red Sift in bringing this best-in-class security solution to the market. Hardenize’s ability to align organizations’ digital assets to recognized security frameworks and standards complements Red Sift’s advanced email security capabilities to provide a single solution that protects organizations from being vulnerable to attackers."

Ivan Ristic
Chief Scientist
Red Sift

Accomplishments

Books

The complete guide to securing your Apache web server
Apache Security

The complete guide to securing your Apache web server

The second edition of the definitive guide to ModSecurity
ModSecurity Handbook

The second edition of the definitive guide to ModSecurity

Understanding and deploying SSL/TLS and PKI to secure servers and web applications
Bulletproof TLS and PKI

Understanding and deploying SSL/TLS and PKI to secure servers and web applications

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