Leslie D. Fife, CISSP-ISSMP, CCSP, C|CISO, CISA, CISM, CRISC, GDAT, GCED, CBCP, CIPM (and more than 20 other certifications), has more than 40 years of experience in information technology, cybersecurity, and risk management. He is currently an information security risk manager for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, an assistant professor of practice at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and an adjunct at the University of Utah. He is also a commissioner for the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET. His career includes the U.S. Navy submarine service, software development in the defense industry and the oil and gas field service industry, incident response and business continuity in the financial services sector, as well as 22 years as a professor of computer science. He has a PhD in computer science from the University of Oklahoma.

Aaron Kraus, CCSP, CISSP, is an information security professional with more than 15 years of experience in security risk management, auditing, and teaching information security topics. He has worked in security and compliance roles across industries including U.S. federal government civilian agencies, financial services, and technology startups, and he is currently the security engagement manager at Coalition, Inc., a cyber risk insurtech company. His experience includes creating alignment between security teams and the organizations they support, by evaluating the unique threat landscape facing each organization and the unique objectives each organization is pursuing to deliver a balanced, risk-based security control program. As a consultant to a financial services firm he designed, executed, and matured the third-party vendor audit programs to provide oversight of key compliance initiatives, and he led the global audit teams to perform reviews covering physical security, logical security, and regulatory compliance. Aaron is a course author, instructor, and cybersecurity curriculum dean with more than 13 years of experience at Learning Tree International, and he most recently taught the Official (ISC)² CISSP CBK Review Seminar. He has served as a technical editor for numerous Wiley publications including (ISC)² CCSP Certified Cloud Security Professional Official Study Guide, 2nd Edition; CCSP Official (ISC)² Practice Tests, 1st Edition; The Official (ISC)² Guide to the CISSP CBK Reference, 5th Edition; and (ISC)² CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional Official Practice Tests, 2nd Edition.

Bryan Lewis, EdD, currently serves as an assistant dean and IT area lecturer for the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia. Certified as both a CISSP and CCSP, he has extensive experience with cybersecurity operations, research, and instruction in both the public and private sectors. Prior to joining the McIntire School, Dr. Lewis served as a company officer and principal for an audio visual and telecommunications design, engineering, and manufacturing company. His past experience includes large-scale network infrastructure and secure system design, deployments, and migrations, including secure distance-based learning and collaborative space design. He currently serves as a lecturer on network, data, and cloud security with a focus on defensive technologies, secure communications, and the business impacts of information security in the graduate and undergraduate curricula. His primary consulting interests focus on distance learning design, large-scale visualization, information security in the public sector, and collaborative space design projects.