Robert Roohparvar - CISSP, CISA, CISM, PCI QSA.Over 27 years of experience in the fields of Networking and Information Security. Robert’s prior experience includes professor of computer science at University of Nebraska and California State University, Oracle Corporation, Sun Micro Systems, 3Com Corporation, Alcatel, IBM Internet Security Systems, and eBay.

Areas of expertise: Information & Network Security Solutions Architect, Information Security, Secure Network Design & Implementation, Security Risk Assessment, Network and Application Vulnerability Assessment, Wireless Security Assessment, Ethical Hacking, Information Policy Development, Regulatory Compliance, and Audit.

Eugene Schultz - Ph.D., CISM, CISSP. Over 21 years of experience in information systems security. Eugene is the author/co-author of five books on Internet security, UNIX security, Windows security, incident response, and intrusion detection and prevention. He has also written over 120 published papers. Gene was the Editor-in-Chief of Computers and Security from 2002 - 2007, is currently on the editorial board for this journal, and is an associate editor of Network Security. He is also a member of the editorial board for the SANS NewsBites, co-author of the Certified Information Security Manager preparation materials, and is on the technical advisory board of three companies. He has been professor of computer science at several universities and is retired from the University of California at Berkeley. He has received the NASA Technical Excellence Award, the Department of Energy Excellence Award, the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) Professional Achievement and Honor Roll Awards, the ISACA John Kuyers Best Speaker/Best Conference Contributor Award, the Vanguard Conference Top Gun Award twice, the Vanguard Chairman's Award, and the National Information Systems Security Conference Best Paper Award. Additionally, Gene has been elected to the ISSA Hall of Fame. While at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory he founded and managed of the U.S. Department of Energy's Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC). He is also a co-founder of FIRST, the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams. He is currently a member of the accreditation board of the Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP). Dr. Eugene has provided expert testimony before committees within the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives on various security-related issues, and has served as an expert witness in legal cases.

John Glover- CISSP, CISA, CMC. Over 30 years of experience in the fields of Networking and Information Technology with a focus on Information Security. John’s prior experience includes varied domestic and international consulting assignments ranging from identity management systems to satellite telecommunications services feasibility studies. John has lived on five continents and through extensive work in the Information Security training environment has encountered and worked closely with most of the large corporations, governments and service providers in North America and Europe. John’s career began in the technical computer service area and moved through management of computer data centers to a consulting practice for the last 22 years.

Areas of expertise: Data Center relocation, Information & Network Security Solutions Architect, Information Security, Secure Network Design & Implementation, Security Risk Assessment, Wireless Security Assessment, Information Policy Development, Regulatory Compliance, and executive management consulting interventions including business process re-engineering, PCI-DSS client based assignments in preparation for PCI Audits and strategic, tactical and operational planning at the local or enterprise levels.

Tim Lynam- CISSP, CISA, NSA/CSS Intelligence Analyst Professionalization. Applies more than 28 years of experience in the information security field. A retired US Marine skilled in Military Intelligence and Information Warfare and associated with EDS, Citigroup and E&Y, he has progressive experience as an Information Security/Risk Officer, systems, network and security specialist/analyst, Program Manager, Director, Instructor and Technical Advisor; extensive management, development and instructional information systems, security knowledge in accordance with Sarbanes Oxley, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, ISO 27001, BS7799, OCC, SEC, and OTS federal regulations. He designed and led numerous teams and programs to implement innovative technical operations platforms for the financial, healthcare, government, education, retail and private industries. Tim is well versed in risk methodology, security configurations and documentation for product development life cycles to streamline processes, implement policies, reduce costs, and enhance time to market in support of technological and business advances. Tim has firsthand experience in the development of Third Party Information Security Assessment to include methodology, implementation and operations on a global scale with leading financial institutions.

Areas of expertise: Information Security, Risk Methodology, Program Management, Risk Assessment, Business Security Assessment, Third Party Security Assessment, Criticality Assessment, Physical Security, Encryption, Program Management, Continuity of Business, Disaster Recovery, Relationship Management, Policy, Procedure, and Guideline Development, Infrastructure Security, Perimeter Security, Audit, Regulatory Compliance, System Development Life-Cycle Process, Identity and Access Management Development Process, Vulnerability and Threat Management

Maura Jones- CISSP, CISA, PMP, ITIL. Over 15 years of information technology and security experience. She has breadth of consulting experiences in different industry segments. Maura is adjunct professor at University of San Francisco and Notre Dame de Namur University.

Maura’s been instrumental in organizing “Risk Assessment in a Wireless Environment”, “Social Networking”, “SOX” programs and creating Visa’s first ever Project Management symposium program.

Maura has published a variety of papers on security subjects including disaster recovery and business continuity, network and information security. She has been invited to speak at a number of occasions at security events in Silicon Valley.

Sam Hilton- CISSP, CISA, CISM, ITIL, CEH. Over 16 years of progressive experience in security solutions development and enterprise infrastructure architecture. Sam is highly skilled in security assessment, developing & managing complex security programs from concept to operational status.

Sam’s consulting engagements for fortune 500 clients include security program development, security assessment, network and security architecture, risk management, Identity/Access Manager solutions development, business continuity development, technology analysis and integration, project management and business development.

Sam’s professional certifications include:

NASA/CNSS 4011 & 4013, CIW –P CIW Professional, CIW – SA CIW Security Analyst, CHSS – HIPAA Security Specialist, CHP – HIPAA Security Professional, SNIA – SCP Storage Network, IBM –Tivoli Identity/Access

CISCO: CCSP, CCNP,CCDA, CISS and Checkpoint: CCSE-NGX, CCSA-NGX