ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Matt Walker, an IT Security and Education professional for over 20 years, has served as the Director of the Network Training Center and the Curriculum Lead/Senior Instructor for the local Cisco Networking Academy on Ramstein AB, Germany. After leaving the U.S. Air Force, Matt served as a Network Engineer for NASA’s Secure Network Systems (NSS), designing and maintaining secured data, voice, and video networking for the Agency. Soon thereafter, Matt took a position as Instructor Supervisor and Sr. Instructor at Dynetics, Inc., in Huntsville, Alabama, providing onsite certification awarding classes for ISC2, Cisco, and CompTIA, and after two years came right back to NASA as the 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, 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. Matt holds numerous commercial certifications, including CEHv7, CPTS, CNDA, CCNA, and MCSE. Matt is currently an IT Security Engineer for Hewlett-Packard at Kennedy Space Center.
About the Technical Editor
Brad Horton currently works as an Information Security 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), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and a recently expired Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) 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.
The views and opinions expressed in all portions of this publication belong solely to the author and/or editor and do not necessarily state or reflect those of the Department of Defense or the United States Government. References within this publication to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, do not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government.
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