ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Wm. Arthur Conklin, Ph.D. (Houston, TX), is an associate professor in the College of Technology at the University of Houston and director of the Center for Information Security Research and Education. Dr. Conklin has terminal degrees from the Naval Postgraduate School in electrical engineering and The University of Texas at San Antonio in business administration. He is a fellow of Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) and holds Security+, CISSP, CSSLP, CRISC, DFCP, IAM, and IEM certifications. Dr. Conklin is co-chair of the Workforce Training and Education working group within the Department of Homeland Security’s National Cybersecurity Division (NCSD). Dr. Conklin’s research interests lie in the areas of software assurance and the application of systems theory to security issues associated with critical infrastructures. He has coauthored numerous books on information security and has written and presented numerous conference and academic journal papers. He has over ten years of teaching experience at the college level and has assisted in building two information security programs that have been recognized by the National Security Agency (NSA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education. A former U.S. Navy officer, he was previously the technical director at the Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security at The University of Texas at San Antonio.
Dan Shoemaker, Ph.D. (University of Detroit Mercy), is a professor and senior research scientist at UDM’s Center for Cyber Security and Intelligence Studies. This center includes the NSA Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education. Dr. Shoemaker is a full-time professor at the University of Detroit Mercy, with 25 of those years as department chair. Dr. Shoemaker was one of the earliest academic participants in the development of software engineering as a discipline, starting at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) in the fall of 1987. As the co-chair for the DHS National Workforce Training and Education Initiative for Software and Supply Chain Assurance, he is one of the three authors of the Software Assurance Common Body of Knowledge (CBK). Dr. Shoemaker is a Michigan man at heart, having received his degrees at the University of Michigan. He also shepherds information assurance (IA) study within the state of Michigan through his leadership of the International Cyber-Security Education Coalition. This coalition covers a five-state region, with research partners as far away as the United Kingdom. He has written four books in the field and has over 200 publications. He speaks extensively on security topics, both in the United States and internationally. He does all of this with the help and support of his wife, Tamara.
About the Technical Editor
Brian Barta, MCSE, CISSP, CSSLP, CEH, CISM, CISA, CRISC, currently serves as the Vulnerability Management and Advisory Services Security Principal for T-Mobile. Brian has over 20 years of hands-on, in-the-weeds information security experience, as well as the plain-speak, seasoned management buy-in skills required for security success in federal, state, and private industries. His passion is the measurable improvement of information security and regulatory compliance programs, with a focus on security enablement of business teams. He specializes in application and system vulnerability management. He enjoys finding the problem and working with folks to fix it. Brian has also served as the information security manager at Washington state’s Employment Security Department, as an information technology security architect at Washington state’s Department of Corrections, and filled a variety of information security roles for the Department of Defense. Brian’s personal motto is “Love what you do!” You can reach out to Brian via LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/pub/brian-barta-cism-csslp-cissp-crisc-cisa-c-eh/6/b29/543/.
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