About The Author

Kenneth Tam Fortinet Certified Network Security Professional (FCNSP) is currently with Fortinet as Senior Security Engineer where he provides hands-on installation, support, and training to Fortinet customers in the North Central US states. He has over 18 years experience experience in the networking/security field from working with companies such as Juniper Networks, Netscreen Technologies, 3com, and US Robotics. Mr. Tam has contributed previously on Syngress Books as a coauthor of “Netscreen Firewalls”

Martin H Hoz Salvador Fortinet Certified Network Security Professional (FCNSP) and Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) is currently with Fortinet as Systems Engineering Director for Latin America and the Caribbean. In this capacity he oversees business development from the engineering standpoint, which includes partner readiness, go-to-market strategies and internal enablement. Within Fortinet, Martin is also a member of the FIAT Team, a group of individuals that assist in defining Fortinet R&D Direction. He has almost 20 years experience in the networking security field, as he wrote his first theoretical virus in May 1993 and got his first Internet account in October of the same year. He is a regular presenter at Security Conferences in Latin America and Europe. Martin lives nearby Mexico City and can be reached at [email protected]

Ken McAlpine is a Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert (CCIE) and a Fortinet Certified Network Security Professional (FCNSP)and is currently a Senior Consulting Systems Engineer with Fortinet. His areas of interest and expertise include the overall design, security, implementation and documentation of a secure smart grid network. Within Fortinet, Ken is also a member of the FIAT Team, a group of individuals that assist in defining Fortinet R&D Direction. As an expert in the field, he regularly presents at conferences such as Smart Grid Interoperability Conference.

Bruce Matsugu is currently a consulting systems engineer at Fortinet and has been with Fortinet for over 10-years in a variety of roles including technical support, release management, training, and professional services. A graduate of the University of British Columbia in electrical engineering, Bruce worked previously in hardware design for fibre transport telecom systems and multi-service routers, and in project engineering for wireless messaging systems. He currently lives near Vancouver, BC.

Rick Basile Fortinet Certified Network Security Professional (FCNSP) continues in his tenth year with Fortinet and is currently working as a Senior Network Security Architect. With over 20 years of industrial and information security experience and extensive networking and telecommunications expertise, Rick works with Fortinet’s Large Enterprise and Service Provider accounts. Within Fortinet, Rick is also a member of the FIAT Team, a group of individuals that assist in defining Fortinet R&D Direction.

Josh More has over fifteen years of experience in IT, and ten years working in Security. Though today, he primarily works as a security consultant, he has also worked in roles ranging from user to developer to system administrator. He holds several security and technical certifications and serves in a leadership position on several security-focused groups. He writes a blog on security at www.starmind.org and www.rjssoftware.com. As security works best from a holistic approach, he works all angles: risk assessments, posture analysis, incident response, malware analysis, infrastructure defense, system forensics, employee training and business strategy. Josh More works at RJS Software Systems, a national data management and security company.