About the Technical Reviewers

Akhil Behl, CCIE No. 19564, is a passionate IT executive with key focus on cloud and security. He has more than 15 years of experience in the IT industry working in several leadership, advisory, consultancy, and business development profiles with various organizations. His technology and business specialization includes cloud, security, infrastructure, data center, and business communication technologies.

Akhil has authored multiple titles on security and business communication technologies. He has contributed as technical editor for a number of books on network and information security. He has published several research papers in national and international journals, including IEEE Xplore, and presented at various IEEE conferences, as well as other prominent ICT, security, and telecom events.

Akhil also holds CCSK, CHFI, PMP, ITIL, VCP, TOGAF, CEH, ISM, and several other industry certifications. He has bachelor’s in technology degree and an MBA.

Steve Kalman is both an attorney and a professional security expert. He holds the following credentials from (ISC)2 for whom he worked as an authorized instructor: CISSP, CCFP-US, CSSLP, ISSMP, ISSAP, HCISPP, SSCP. Steve has been author or technical editor for more than 20 Pearson/Cisco Press books.