ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Matt Walker is currently working multiple contracts in cyber security and network management. An IT security and education professional for more than 20 years, he has served as the director of the Network Training Center and a curriculum lead/senior instructor for Cisco Networking Academy on Ramstein AB, Germany, and as a network engineer for NASA’s Secure Network Systems (NSS), designing and maintaining secured data, voice, and video networking for the agency. Matt also worked as an instructor supervisor and senior instructor at Dynetics, Inc., in Huntsville, Alabama, providing on-site certification-awarding classes for (ISC)2, Cisco, and CompTIA, and after two years came right back to NASA as an IT security manager for UNITeS, SAIC, at Marshall Space Flight Center. He has written and contributed to numerous technical training books for NASA, Air Education and Training Command, and the U.S. Air Force, as well as commercially, and he continues to train and write certification and college-level IT and IA security courses.
About the Technical Editor
Brad Horton currently works as an intelligence specialist with the U.S. Department of Defense. Brad has worked as a security engineer, commercial security consultant, penetration tester, and information systems researcher in both the private and public sectors. This has included work with several defense contractors, including General Dynamics C4S, SAIC, and Dynetics, Inc. Brad currently holds the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), the CISSP– Information Systems Security Management Professional (CISSP-ISSMP), the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), and the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) trade certifications. Brad holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce and business administration from the University of Alabama, a master’s degree in management of information systems from the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), and a graduate certificate in information assurance from UAH. When not hacking, Brad can be found at home with his family or on a local golf course.