Biographical note

With over 20 years of experience as both an educator and IT professional, Adam Gordon holds numerous Professional IT Certifications including CISSP, CISA, CRISC, CHFI, CEH, SCNA, VCP, and VCI. He is the author of several books and has achieved many awards, including EC-Council Instructor of Excellence for 2006-07 and Top Technical Instructor Worldwide, 2002-2003. Adam holds his Bachelor s Degree in International Relations and his Master s Degree in International Political Affairs from Florida International University. Adam has held a number of positions during his professional career including CISO, CTO, Consultant, and Solutions Architect. He has worked on many large implementations involving multiple customer program teams for delivery. Adam has been invited to lead projects for companies such as Microsoft, Citrix, Lloyds Bank TSB, Campus Management, US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), Amadeus, World Fuel Services, and Seaboard Marine. George (Buzz) Murphy CISSP, CASP, SSCP is a sought after public speaker, corporate trainer, and cybersecurity evangelist who has earned over twenty-six IT and cybersecurity certifications from ISC(2), CompTIA and many other prestigious industry organizations. A former Dell technology training executive, he has addressed audiences at Comdex, NetWorld and the National Computer Conference, including industrial and university groups, as well as organization chapter meetings. Buzz has a top secret security clearance in both US and NATO intelligence and has trained network cybersecurity ops for the U.S. Army, various government security agencies, and foreign military personnel across ConUS and EMEA, and has been involved with facilitating such subjects as site EMP hardening, cryptographic methodology, computer forensic sciences as well as cyber-warfare training.