About the Author

Robin M. Abernathy has been working in the IT certification preparation industry at Kaplan IT Training, the owners of the Transcender brand, for more than 15 years. She has written and edited certification preparation materials for many (ISC)2, Microsoft, CompTIA, PMI, Cisco, EC-Council, and ITIL certifications and holds multiple IT certifications from these vendors.

Robin provides training on computer hardware and software, networking, security, and project management. She has served as technical editor for several publications and coauthored Pearson’s CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP) CAS-002 Cert Guide and CISSP Cert Guide, Second Edition. She also gives presentations at technical conferences and hosts webinars on IT certification topics.