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Glen D. Singh

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Glen D. Singh is a cybersecurity and networking instructor, InfoSec author, and consultant. His areas of expertise are penetration testing, digital forensics, network security, and enterprise networking. He has many certifications, including CEH, CHFI, and 3xCCNA (cyber ops, security, and routing and switching). He loves teaching and mentoring others, and sharing his wealth of knowledge and experience as an author. He has written books on Kali Linux, Kali NetHunter, and CCNA Security.

Glen has trained many professionals in various sectors ranging from ISPs to government agencies in the field of cybersecurity. As an aspiring game-changer, Glen is passionate about increasing cybersecurity awareness in his homeland, Trinidad and Tobago.

I would like to thank Rahul Nair, Suzanne Coutinho, Ronn Kurien, and the wonderful team at Packt Publishing, who have provided amazing support and guidance throughout this journey. To the technical reviewers, Aaron Caesar and Jessie James Araneta, thank you for your outstanding contribution to making this an amazing book.

Aaron Caesar holds a BSc. in Computing and Information Systems and other professional certifications in networking and security. His career in technology spans 16 years, including technical support and teaching at various private and public sector agencies. Currently, he is employed at a multinational ISP, providing specialist support to a wide cross-section of the company's corporate customers. Aaron has a passion for learning about information and communication technologies that he continues to pursue daily.

Above all, however, he is a father, husband, son, brother, and friend.

I would like to thank my beautiful wife, Abbigail, for all the support she has provided to me during this process; and all the people who believed in me and my growth. I would also express my gratitude to the author and the team at Packt for giving me this great opportunity to contribute to this excellent book.

Jessie James is a licensed electronics engineer and a Cisco Certified Network Associate. His experience and specialization is mobile and fixed network operation for telecommunications. During the development of this book, he has been working for Etisalat UAE as Operations Field Support Fixed Network.

I'd like to thank God first, for His almighty guidance on whatever decisions I made. I'd also like to thank Packt Publishing for the opportunity to review this wonderful book. To my parents, siblings, relatives, friends, and mentors (you know who you are), thank you for guiding and supporting me. Lastly, I'd like to thank Bonie for the love and support while reviewing this book.

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