Wm. Arthur Conklin is a Senior Lecturer in the College of Business at The University of Texas at San Antonio and a Research Scientist at the Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security. He is currently working on a Ph.D. specializing in Information Systems/Information Assurance. Mr. Conklin has an MBA from UTSA, and two graduate degrees in electrical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. His current research interests are in the areas of steganography and in security implications of distributed computing. Mr. Conklin is a 10-year veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving as a surface warfare officer and engineering duty officer, and has over 10 years experience in software engineering and project management. He is a co-author of McGraw Hill's Security+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide.

Dr. Gregory White has been involved in computer and network security since 1986. He spent 19 years on active duty with the United States Air Force and is currently in the Air Force Reserves assigned to the Air Force Information Warfare Center. He obtained his Ph.D. in computer science from Texas A&M University in 1995. His dissertation topic was in the area of computer network intrusion detection, and he continues to conduct research in this area today. He is currently the Interim Executive Director and Technical Director for the Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security (CIAS) and is an associate professor of information systems at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). Dr. White has written and presented numerous articles and conference papers on security. He is also the coauthor for four other textbooks on computer and network security and has written chapters for two other security books. Dr. White continues to be active in security research. His current research initiatives include efforts in high-speed intrusion detection, infrastructure protection, and methods to calculate a return on investment and the total cost of ownership from security products.

Chuck Cothren, CISSP, is a research scientist at UTSA CIAS, and currently serves on the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)'s Alamo Chapter Board of Directors. Mr. Cothren has a wide array of security experience including performing controlled penetration testing, network security policies, computer intrusion forensics, and computer security training. He is also well versed in wireless networking and wireless security assessments. Mr. Cothren joined UTSA CIAS in February 2003. He was previously employed as a senior network security engineer working with Fortune 100 clients to provide them with vulnerability assessments and other security services. Prior to that he was employed as a network administrator, and also as a trainer for an information technology firm. Mr. Cothren is a certified information systems security professional (CISSP) and has coauthored Voice and Data Security as well as Security+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide. Mr. Cothren also holds a B.S. in industrial distribution from Texas A&M University.

Dwayne Williams, CISSP, joined the UTSA CIAS in 2002 as a senior researcher and has over ten years' experience in information systems and network security. Mr. Williams' experience includes six years of commissioned military service as a communications computer information systems officer in the United States Air Force specializing in network security, corporate information protection, intrusion detection systems, incident response, and VPN technology. Prior to joining the CIAS, he served as director of consulting for SecureLogix Corporation where he directed and provided security assessment and integration services to Fortune 100, government, public utility, oil and gas, financial, and technology clients. Mr. Williams graduated in May 1993 from Baylor University with a bachelor of arts in computer science. Mr. Williams is a certified information systems security professional (CISSP) and coauthor of Voice and Data Security and Security+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide.

Roger L. Davis, CISSP, CISM, CISA, is senior internal audit manager at Nu Skin Enterprises, evaluating global business operations in over 35 countries. He has served as president of the Utah chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) and various board positions for the Utah chapter of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). He is a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel with over 20 years of military and information security experience. Mr. Davis served on the faculty of Brigham Young University and the Air Force Institute of Technology. He coauthored McGraw-Hill's Security+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide and Voice and Data Security, which was also translated into Chinese. He holds a master's degree in computer science from George Washington University, a bachelor's degree in computer science from Brigham Young University, and performed post-graduate studies in electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Colorado.