Simon Desmeules (CCSI, NCSP, ISS/IDS, RSA/CSE, CNA) is the senior security analyst and technical trainer for GoSecure, located in Montreal, Canada. GoSecure’s mission is to provide customers in industry and government with high-quality information security services and solutions to meet their specific challenges. Simon’s main responsibilities include architectural design, technical consulting, managed security services, and tactical emergency support for perimeter security technologies for several Fortune 500 companies in Canada, France, and the United States. He has been delivering Check Point training for the past five years throughout Canada and the United States. His background includes positions as a firewall/intrusion security specialist for pioneer firms of Security, Maxon Services, and SINC. He has also developed a close relationship with Vigilar’s Intense School based in Atlanta, GA, where he delivers Check Point training throughout the United States. He is an active member of the FW-1, ISS, and Snort mailing lists, consulting with fellow security specialists around the world. Simon has worked with Syngress while contributing to Check Point Next Generation Security Administration (Syngress, ISBN: 1-928994-74-1) and Check Point Next Generation with Application Intelligence Security Administration (Syngress, ISBN: 1-932266-89-5). He also was the technical editor of Configuring Check Point NGX VPN-1/FireWall-1 (ISBN: 1-597490-31-8).

He would like to thank all of the students throughout North America who have passed through his classrooms and who have always brought new ideas and challenges. Des remerciements particuliers aux étudiants du Québec.