About the Authors

Catherine Paquet is a freelancer in the field of internetworking and return on security investment. Catherine has in-depth knowledge of security systems, remote access, and routing technology. She is a Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP) and a Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), and she was a Cisco Certified Systems Instructor (CCSI) with the Cisco largest training partner. Her internetworking career started as a LAN manager; she then moved to MAN manager and eventually became the nationwide WAN manager. Catherine was the course director/master instructor for the Cisco Remote Access and Security courses at the same Cisco learning partner. She was recently the director of technical resources for the same company, where she was responsible for the instructor corps and the equipment offerings in Canada, including Cisco courses. She also taught Cisco Secure PIX Firewall Advanced (CSPFA). In 2002 and 2003, Catherine volunteered with the UN mission in Kabul, Afghanistan, to train Afghan public servants in the area of networking. Catherine has an MBA with a major in management information systems (MIS).

Catherine coauthored the Cisco Press books Building Scalable Cisco Networks; CCNP Self-Study: Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI); and CCNP Self-Study: Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI), Second Edition, and she edited Building Cisco Remote Access Networks.

Warren Saxe has an extensive background in profit and loss (P&L) management as general manager for a Fortune 1000 semiconductor distributor. As a top- and bottom-line-focused senior manager, he brings a unique perspective to this business decision maker-oriented book. He applies an overriding business strategy to drive IT decisions by utilizing a value-driven approach. He has extensive background in sales management, marketing management, and demand creation fundamentals. He directed a large multidisciplinary team composed of managers, engineers, sales, and marketing professionals. He was responsible for strategic and tactical planning, and he negotiated directly with CxO-level executives, both internally and with customers across many industries. He is currently focusing in the areas of security governance, risk management, and return on security investment planning. He earned his degree at McGill University.