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 Senior 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 the IT Security Manager for Lockheed Martin 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. Mr. Horton currently holds CISSP, CEH, CISA, and 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.
About the Contributing Editor
Angie Walker is currently an Information Systems Security Engineer for Harris Corporation, located in Melbourne, Florida. Among the many positions she has filled over the course of her 20-plus years in Information Technology and Information Assurance are Chief Information Security Officer for the University of North Alabama, Manager of the Information Systems Security (ISS) office for the Missile Defense Agency (MDS) South, and lead for the MDA Alternate Computer Emergency Response Team (ACERT). She served as Superintendent of the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Communications and Information Training Center, Superintendent of the 385 Communications Squadron on Ali Al Saleem AB, Kuwait, and Senior Information Security Analyst for Army Aviation Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Angie holds several industry certifications, including CISSP, Network+ and Security+, and a master’s degree in Information Systems Management. She has developed and taught courseware worldwide for the U.S. Air Force, as well as several computer science courses for the University of Alabama in Huntsville and Kaplan University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.