About the Authors

Albert J. Marcella Jr., PhD, CISA, CISM is president of Business Automation Consultants, LLC, a global information technology and management-consulting firm providing information technology (IT) management consulting and IT audit and security reviews and training for an international clientele.

Dr. Marcella is an internationally recognized public speaker, researcher, author, and workshop and seminar leader with more than 34 years of experience in IT audit, security, and assessing internal controls. An author of numerous articles and 26 books on various IT-, audit-, and security-related subjects, Dr. Marcella’s work has appeared in the ISACA Journal, Disaster Recovery Journal, Journal of Forensic & Investigative Accounting, EDPACS, ISSA Journal, Continuity Insights, The Journal of Applied Business Research, and Internal Auditor Magazine.

Dr. Marcella is the Institute of Internal Auditors Leon R. Radde Educator of the Year (2000) Award recipient. Dr. Marcella has taught IT audit seminar courses for the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), and continues to teach a variety of IT and IT audit related programs for the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA).

Frederic Guillossou, MA, CISSP, CCE has more than eight years’ experience working in the Information Security field, including private and corporate sectors. His security experience includes incident response, digital forensics, project management, network security, IPS management, and anti-malware.

Mr. Guillossou has worked in the information security field for a financial institution for much of his career and has familiarized himself with regulatory standards such as PCI, ISO 27001, NIST, SOX, and SEC. He worked closely with in- and outside counsel, fraud investigators, human resource departments, and auditors.

During his career, Mr. Guillossou has investigated the loss of intellectual property, labor/human resource issues, and other internal investigations.