Brief CV for James Morris (Internet version)
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Personal Details

  Email
    jmorris@namei.org
  	
  Web
    http://namei.org/

    
  Australian citizen residing in Sydney, Australia.


Current Role

  Consulting Member Of Technical Staff
  Oracle Corporation Australia Pty Limited


Current Responsibilities

  o Manager of the Oracle mainline Linux kernel engineering team
  o Linux kernel security subsystem maintainer
  o Lead organizer of the Linux Security Summit


Linux Kernel Development Background

  o Created Multi-Category Security (MCS), sVirt (secure
    virtualization for Linux) and Secmark (security labeling
    of network packets with iptables).

  o Original design of Labeled NFS, now an IETF draft

  o Lead kernel developer on the team at Red Hat which delivered
    SELinux to market, critically driving government adoption of
    enterprise Linux

  o Linux kernel co-maintainer of SELinux and networking
  
  o Author of the kernel cryptographic API

  o Member of the original Netfilter core team

  o Developer on the Linux Security Modules (LSM) project

  o Miscellaneous kernel development including work on PCI device
    drivers, VFS, virtualization and IPSec


Publications

  o "Have You Driven an SELinux Lately?", Proceedings of The Linux 
    Symposium, July 2008.

  o "Networking in NSA Security-Enhanced Linux", Linux Journal, January 2005.

  o "Filesystem Labeling in SELinux", Linux Journal, October 2004.

  o "The Linux Kernel Cryptographic API", Linux Journal, 2003.
    
  o "Linux Security Modules: General Security Support for the Linux Kernel",
    C. Wright, C. Cowan, S. Smalley, J. Morris, G. Kroah-Hartman.
    Usenix Security 2002.
    
  o "Linux Security Module Framework", C. Wright, C. Cowan, S. Smalley,
    J. Morris, G. Kroah-Hartman. 2002 Ottawa Linux Symposium.

  o Co-author of the Australian Personal Computer Magazine Linux Pocketbook
    (1998)
  
  o Miscellaneous Linux articles for Australian Personal Computer Magazine
    (1997-1999)

  
  (Also see more recently self-published articles in my blog).


Selected Talks

  o China Linux Kernel Developer Conference 2012.  Beijing, China (Keynote);
  o LinuxCon Japan 2012.  Yokohama, Japan.
      - "State of the Linux Security Subsystem"

  o Linux Kernel Summit 2012.  San Diego, CA, USA.
      - "Status report for the Linux Security Subsystem"

  o Linux Kernel Summit 2011.  Prague, Czech Republic.
      - "Report on the 2011 Linux Security Summit"

  o FOSS.IN/2010.  Bangalore, India (Keynote Talk);
    LinuxCon 2010.  Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
      - "Linux Kernel Security: Adapting 1960s Technology to Meet
         21st Century Threats"

  o Linux Conference Australia 2010.  Wellington, NZ;
    FOSS.MY/2009.  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysa;
    FOSS.IN/2009.  Bangalore, India.
      - "Secure and Simple Sandboxing in SELinux"

  o LinuxCon 2009.  Portland, Oregon, USA.
      - "Adding Extended Attribute Support to NFS"

  o Kernel Conference Australia 2009.  Brisbane, Australia.
      - "Linux Kernel Security Overview"

  o Linux.conf.au 2009. Hobart, Australia. 
      - "sVirt: Hardening Linux Virtualization with Mandatory Access
         Control"
  
  o FOSS.IN/2008.  Bangalore, India;
    FOSS.MY/2008.  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
      - "Anatomy of Fedora Kiosk Mode"

  o 2008 Linux Symposium, Ottawa, Canada.
      - "Have You Driven an SELinux Lately?"

  o 8th Linux Foundation Japan Symposium (2008). Tokyo, Japan.
      - "Overview of the SELinux Project"

  o FOSS.IN/2007.  Bangalore, India.
      - "How and Why You Should Be a Kernel Hacker"
      - "The State of SELinux"
     
  o Linux Kernel Networking Summit 2006 (Netconf), Tokyo, Japan.
      - "Better IPsec SA Resolution"
      - "OLPC Networking Overview"
      - "Mandatory Access Control Networking Update"
      
  o FOSS.IN/2005.  Bangalore, India.
      - "Overview of NSA Security Enhanced Linux"
      - "SELinux Kernel Internals and Architecture"
  
  o Linux Kernel Networking Summit, 2005.  Montréal, Canada.
      - "Directions in SELinux Networking"
      
  o SELinux Symposium 2004.  Baltimore, USA.
      - "Architecture of SELinux Network Access Controls"
      
  o Linux Kernel Summit 2004.  Ottawa, Canada.
      - "Directions in Linux Kernel Security"

  o Linux Kernel Networking Summit, 2004.  Portland, Oregon, USA.
      - "Cryptographic Hardware Support for the Linux Kernel"
  
  
Miscellaneous

  o US patent applications: 11/564,774 and 12/324,415

  o Lead organizer of the Linux Security Summit 2010-current
  
  o Member of programme committee for the 2011 Linux Plumbers Conference

  o 'Runner' of the Security Track at Linux Plumbers Conference 2009,
    and member of the general proposal review team

  o Lead organizer for the SELinux Developer Summit 2008 and 2009
  
  o Member of Technical Committee for the SELinux Symposium (2005-2007)
  
  o Maintainer of community web sites:
     - SELinux News (http://www.selinuxnews.org/wp/)
     - Planet SELinux (http://www.selinuxnews.org/planet/) 
     - SELinux Project (http://selinuxproject.org/)
     - Linux Kernel Security Wiki (http://security.wiki.kernel.org/)
    

Prior Career Roles

  o 2003 - 2012: Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Ltd.
    SELinux kernel lead.

  o 1996 - 2003: Independent Consultant, Intercode Pty Ltd.
    Linux systems development and electronic commerce.
    
  o 1994 - 1996: Analyst/Programmer, Ingenico International (Pacific) Pty Ltd.
    Developed software for secure embedded terminals (EFTPOS, smartcards).
    
  o 1993: Office Manager/Technical Support/R&D, Av-Comm Pty Ltd.
    Communications (satellite and aviation) consultancy.