Wm. Arthur Conklin - CompTIA Security+ (Exam SY0-401) Exam Guide

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Dr. Wm. Arthur Conklin, CompTIA Security+, CISSP, CSSLP, GISCP, CRISC, is an Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Information Security Research and Education in the College of Technology at the University of Houston. He holds two terminal degrees, a Ph.D. in business administration (specializing in information security), from The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), and the degree Electrical Engineer (specializing in space systems engineering) from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. He is a fellow of ISSA, a senior member of ASQ, and a member of IEEE and ACM. His research interests include the use of systems theory to explore information security, specifically in cyber-physical systems. He has coauthored six security books and numerous academic articles associated with information security. He is active in the DHS-sponsored Industrial Control Systems Joint Working Group (ICSJWG) efforts associated with workforce development and cyber-security aspects of industrial control systems. He has an extensive background in secure coding and is a co-chair of the DHS/DoD Software Assurance Forum working group for workforce education, training, and development.

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 11 years in the Air Force Reserves in a variety of computer and security positions. 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 Director for the Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security (CIAS) and is a professor of computer science 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 of five 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 community incident response, intrusion detection, and secure information sharing.

Chuck Cothren, CISSP, is a Principal Solutions Specialist at Symantec Corporation applying a wide array of network security experience, including performing controlled penetration testing, incident response, and security management to assist a wide variety of clients in the protection of their critical data. He has also analyzed security methodologies for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems. He is coauthor of the books Voice and Data Security and Principles of Computer Security.

Roger L. Davis, CISSP, CISM, CISA, is an Operations Manager at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, managing several of the Churchs information systems in over 140 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 30 years of military and information systems/security experience. Mr. Davis served on the faculty of Brigham Young University and the Air Force Institute of Technology. He coauthored McGraw-Hills Principles of Computer Security and Voice and Data Security. He holds a masters degree in computer science from George Washington University, a bachelors degree in computer science from Brigham Young University, and performed post-graduate studies in electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Colorado.