Jeremy Faircloth (Security+, CCNA, MCSE, MCP+I, A+) is a Senior Principal IT Technologist for Medtronic, Inc., where he and his team architect and maintain enterprise-wide client/server and web-based technologies. He is a member of the Society for Technical Communication and frequently acts as a technical resource for other IT professionals through teaching and writing, using his expertise to help others expand their knowledge. As a systems engineer with over 20 years of real-world IT experience, he has become an expert in many areas including web development, database administration, enterprise security, network design, large enterprise applications, and project management.

Jeremy was a Contributing Author to Security+ Study Guide & DVD Training System (ISBN: 978-1-931836-72-2), SSCP ^CM Study Guide & DVD Training System (ISBN: 978-1-931836-80-7), Snort 2.0 Intrusion Detection (ISBN: 978-1-931836-74-6), Security Log Management: Identifying Patterns in the Chaos (ISBN: 978-1-59749-042-9), Combating Spyware in the Enterprise: Discover, Detect, and Eradicate the Internet’s Greatest Threat (ISBN: 978-1-59749-064-1), Syngress Force Emerging Threat Analysis: From Mischief to Malicious (ISBN: 978-1-59749-056-6), Security+ Study Guide & DVD Training System, Second Edition (ISBN: 978-1-59749-153-2), Perl Scripting for Windows Security: Live Response, Forensic Analysis, and Monitoring (ISBN: 978-1-59749-173-0), CompTIA Security+ Certification Study Guide: Exam SY0-201, Third Edition (ISBN: 978-1-59749-426-7), and others.