Matias Madou is Research Lead for HP Security Research (HPSR). He leads the product research for the Agent based solutions (called HP Fortify Runtime products). In his role, he creates proof-of-concepts to fill specific holes in the marketplace after which he helps to generalize and productize the solution. His research not only led to successful stand-alone Fortify products, but also cross pillar Fortify-ArcSight products.

When he’s away from his desk, Matias serves as an instructor of advanced training courses, works with the field, and presents at anchor industry conferences, including RSA Conference, Black Hat and DefCon.

He holds a Ph.D. in computer engineering from Ghent University, where he studied application security through program obfuscation to hide the inner workings of an application.