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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Gerard Johansen is an information security professional with over a decade of experience in areas such as penetration testing, vulnerability management, threat assessment modeling, and incident response. Beginning his information security career as a cybercrime investigator, Gerard has built on that experience while working as a consultant and security analyst for clients and organizations ranging from healthcare to finance. Gerard is a graduate of Norwich University with a Masters of Science in Information Assurance, and he is a certified information systems security professional. Gerard is currently employed with an information security consulting firm in the United States focusing on penetration testing and threat assessments. He has also contributed to several online publications focused on various aspects of penetration testing.

Lee Allen is currently working as a security architect at a prominent university. Throughout the years, he has continued his attempts to remain up to date with the latest and greatest developments in the security industry and the security community. He has several industry certifications including the OSWP and has been working in the IT industry for over 15 years. Lee Allen is the author of Advanced Penetration Testing for Highly-Secured Environments: The Ultimate Security Guide, Packt Publishing.

Tedi Heriyanto is currently working as an information security analyst at a financial institution. He has worked with several well-known institutions in Indonesia and overseas, for designing secure network architecture, deploying and managing enterprise-wide security systems, developing information security policies and procedures, performing various network, web and mobile application penetration testing, and also giving information security trainings. In his spare times, he perseveres to deepen his knowledge and skills in the field of information security. He shares his knowledge in information security field by writing information security books and has written several of them.

Shakeel Ali is a security and risk management consultant at a Fortune 500 company. He is also the key founder of Cipher Storm Ltd., UK. His expertise in the security industry markedly exceeds the standard number of security assessments, audits, compliance, governance, incident response, and forensic projects that he carries out in day-to-day operations. He has also supported the security and research initiatives at CSS Providers SAL. As a senior security evangelist, and having spent endless nights, he provides constant security support to various businesses, financial institutions, educational organizations, and government entities globally. He is an active, independent researcher who writes various articles and white papers and manages Ethical-Hacker.net to provide insights into threat intelligence space. He also regularly participates in BugCon Security Conferences held in Mexico, to highlight the best-of-breed cyber security threats and their solutions from practically driven counter measures.