About the Authors

Ed Tittel is a 28-year veteran of the IT industry. After spending his first seven years writing code (mostly for database engines and applications), he switched to a networking focus. After working for Excelan/Novell from 1987 to 1994, he became a full-time freelance writer, consultant, and trainer. He has contributed to more than 100 books on a variety of subjects, including the Sybex CISSP Study Guide, Fifth Edition, and many For Dummies titles. He also blogs regularly for TechTarget.com, and writes for a variety of IT certification-oriented Web sites.

Michael G. Solomon, CISSP, PMP, CISM, GSEC, is a full-time security speaker, consultant, and author specializing in achieving and maintaining secure IT environments. An IT professional and consultant since 1987, he has worked on projects for more than 100 major organizations and authored and contributed to numerous books and training courses. From 1998 to 2001, he was an instructor in the Kennesaw State University’s Computer Science and Information Sciences (CSIS) department, where he taught courses on software project management, C++ programming, computer organization and architecture, and data communications. Michael holds an M.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science from Emory University (1998), a B.S. in Computer Science from Kennesaw State University (1987), and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Informatics at Emory University. He has also contributed to various security certification books for LANWrights, including TICSA Training Guide (Que, 2002) and an accompanying Instructor Resource Kit (Que, 2002), CISSP Study Guide (Sybex, 2003), as well as Security+ Training Guide (Que, 2003). Michael coauthored Information Security Illuminated (Jones & Bartlett, 2005), Security+ Lab Guide (Sybex, 2005), Computer Forensics JumpStart (Sybex, 2005), PMP ExamCram2 (Que, 2005) and authored and provided the on-camera delivery of LearnKey’s CISSP Prep and PMP Prep e-Learning course.

K Rudolph is the founder and CIO (Chief Inspiration Officer) of Native Intelligence, Inc. She is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) with a degree from Johns Hopkins University. K creates entertaining educational materials that have been presented to more than 400,000 learners and translated into five languages. She has contributed to eight books on security topics including the Handbook of Information Security, Computer Security Handbook, System Forensics, Investigation, and Response, and NIST Special Publication 800–16, Information Technology Security Training Requirements: A Role- and Performance-Based Model. K has presented at numerous conferences, including the Computer Security Institute Security Exchange (CSI SX) Conference, CSI Annual Security Conferences, New York Cyber Security Conferences, and Information Assurance and Security Conferences held by the FISSEA, FIAC, and eGOV. She has been a speaker for Security Awareness Day events held by the Army, Census Bureau, DLA, IHS, IRS, NOAA, NRC, and the government of Johnson County, Kansas. K volunteers with (ISC)2’s Safe and Secure Online program, which brings awareness presentations for 11- to 14-year-olds to local schools. In March 2006, the Federal Information Systems Security Educators’ Association (FISSEA) honored K as the Security Educator of the Year. K is interested in just about everything, including contact juggling, mind mapping, storytelling, core work, aviation, teaching analogies, and photography.

Neil Broom is the President and Laboratory Director of Technical Resource Center, Inc. (www.trcglobal.com) in Atlanta, Georgia. TRC is the only private lab east of the Mississippi that earned the prestigious ASCLD/LAB accreditation in the field of Digital Evidence (Computer Forensics) from the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board as an expert witness, investigator, speaker, trainer, course director, and consultant in the fields of computer forensics, network and computer security, information assurance, and professional security testing. Neil has more than 15 years of experience providing investigative, technical, educational, and security services to the military, attorneys, law enforcement, the health care industry, financial institutions, and government agencies. Neil is a Certified Computer Examiner (CCE), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). He is a licensed Georgia private detective and private detective instructor. TRC is a licensed Georgia private detective agency. Neil has presented testimony as an expert witness many times. He has also provided training in the fields of computer forensics and information security to more than 3,000 students in the U.S. government, U.S. military, U.S. intelligence agencies, and Fortune 500 companies in the United States and abroad. Neil was the Chairman of the Digital Evidence Subcommittee for the International Association for Identification (IAI) and is a current member of the ASCLD/LAB Delegate Assembly. His past employment includes the U.S. Navy as a submariner, a law enforcement officer for the Gainesville Police Department, system administrator for the S1 Corporation, and a security trainer for Internet Security Systems (now a division of IBM).

Diane Barrett has been involved in the IT industry for about 20 years and has been active in education, security, and forensics for the past 10 years. She holds an M.S. degree in Technology with a specialization in Information Security and will be starting Ph.D. dissertation work shortly. Diane is currently a forensic trainer for Paraben and has been doing contract forensic work for the past several years in the Phoenix area. In addition to developing forensic curriculum for American Military University, she was the program champion for the Technology Forensics program at the University of Advancing Technology. She holds many industry certifications including CISSP, ISSMP, and DCFP. Diane has either coauthored or been the lead author on several computer forensics and security books. She is also a regular committee member for the Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law and presenter at Paraben’s Forensic Innovations Conference.