Anita D'Amico, PhD is a survivor of one of the US government's other programs for certifying security technology, the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP). She is CEO of Code Dx, Inc. which has commercialized innovative application security technology developed by Secure Decisions, an R&D organization which she also directs. She is an evangelist for making secure code development easier and more affordable. Her prior experience includes developing a network security visualization system, SecureScope, which was used as a test case by a Common Criteria Testing Laboratory in the early stages of the NIAP certification process. Anita has published papers on topics such as transitioning cyber security R&D into operations, security decision-making, and security visualization.