Peter H. Gregory, CISA, CRISC, CISSP, CCISO, CCSK, PCI-QSA, is a 30-plus year career technologist and an executive director at Optiv, the largest pure-play cyber-security solutions provider in the Americas. He has been deeply involved in the development of IT controls and internal IT audit since 2002, and has been leading the development and testing of secure IT environments since 1990. In addition, he has spent many years as a software engineer and architect, systems engineer, network engineer, security engineer, and systems operator. Throughout his career, he has written many articles, whitepapers, user manuals, processes, and procedures, and he has conducted numerous lectures and training classes.

Peter is the author of over 40 books covering a variety of information security and technology topics, including Solaris Security, CISSP Guide to Security Essentials, and IT Disaster Recovery Planning for Dummies. He has spoken at numerous industry conferences, including RSA, Interop, SecureWorld Expo, West Coast Security Forum, IP3, Society for Information Management, the Washington Technology Industry Association, and InfraGard.

Peter is an advisory board member at the University of Washington’s certificate program in information security and risk management, the lead instructor and advisory board member for the University of Washington certificate program in information systems security, a former board member of the Washington state chapter of InfraGard, and a founding member of the Pacific CISO Forum. He is a former board member of InfraGard, a 2008 graduate of the FBI Citizens’ Academy, and a member of the FBI Citizens’ Academy Alumni Association.

Peter resides with his family in the Seattle, Washington, area and can be found at www.peterhgregory.com.

About the Technical Editor

Bobby E. Rogers is an information security engineer working as a contractor for Department of Defense agencies, helping to secure, certify, and accredit their information systems. His duties include information system security engineering, risk management, and certification and accreditation efforts. He retired after 21 years in the U.S. Air Force, serving as a network security engineer and instructor, and has secured networks all over the world. Bobby has a master’s degree in information assurance (IA) and is pursuing a doctoral degree in cyber-security from Capitol Technology University in Maryland. His many certifications include CISSP-ISSEP, CEH, and MCSE: Security, as well as the CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, and CompTIA Security+ certifications.