Illuminated Security’s expert training courses and consultancy services melt the barriers standing between your technical teams and success. We illuminate complex application security topics including:
- Web and API Security
- OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect
- JSON Web Tokens (JWT) and alternatives
- Modern Authentication, including WebAuthn and Passkeys
- Cloud & Kubernetes Secrets Management
- Applied Cryptography and Hardware Security
- Securing the Internet of Things (IoT)
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“Every now and again you read a book by someone who completely understands the domain and knows how to explain it well. For me this is one of those books, I wish he wrote all the tech books I have ever read.”
— reviewer of API Security in Action
Hi, I’m Neil Madden
I’m the founder of Illuminated Security and author of API Security in Action. I have over 20 years experience as a software engineer and architect, and I am an expert in applied cryptography and application security with a PhD in Computer Science.
In 2021 I discovered a critical vulnerability in Java’s digital signature code that was called “cryptography bug of the year” and named in the Top 10 web hacking techniques of 2022 by Portswigger.
I am an active member of the OAuth working group at the IETF and the Crypto Forum Research Group at the IRTF.