Steve Gibson (b. March 1955) is a self-styled computer expert and journalist based in Laguna Hills, California. Gibson has had a long career in the technology field starting in his teen years. He began in hardware projects but moved more towards software development in the 1980s. Gibson founded Gibson Research Corporation in 1985, and is currently its primary (if not only) employee. Gibson is also a contributing editor to InfoWorld magazine.
Steve Gibson is well known for writing voluminous treatises on computer security which often serve to do no more than spread FUD and promote himself as the general saviour of all things computer-based.