Guide to Firewalls and Network Security 2nd Edition

About The Author
Michael E. Whitman, Ph.D., CISSP is a professor of Information Systems in the Computer Science and Information Systems department at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia. Dr. Whitman is an active researcher in Information Security, Fair and Responsible Use Policies, and Ethical Computing and Information Systems Research Methods. He has published Information Systems Research articles, the Communications of the ACM, Information and Management, the Journal of International Business Studies, and the Journal of Computer Information Systems. He is an active member of the Computer Security Institute, the Information Systems Security Association, Georgia Electronic Commerce Association¿s Information Security Working Group, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the Association for Information Systems. Herbert J. Mattord, MBA, CISSP recently completed 24 years of IT industry experience as an application developer, database administrator, project manager, and information security practitioner before joining the faculty at Kennesaw State University. During his career as an IT practitioner, he has been an adjunct professor at Kennesaw State University, Southern Polytechnic State University, Austin Community College, and Southwest Texas State University. He currently teaches courses in Information Security, Data Communications, Local Area Networks, Database Technology, Project Management, and Systems Analysis & Design. He was formerly the Manager of Corporate Information Technology Security at Georgia-Pacific Corporation. Richard is a 30+ year veteran of the IT industry in positions ranging from software developer to security architect. He earned a MSc degree with a concentration in information security from Kennesaw State University and serves as a part-time faculty in their CSIS department. He holds the CISSP certification and is an active member of SNIA's Storage Security Industry Forum and Security Technical Working Group.