Mr. Gregg brings more than 20 years of experience building real security solutions and driving strategic development. He is an expert on security, networking, and Internet technologies. Even though leading the firm consumes a large amount of Mr. Greggís time, he enjoys teaching. Mr. Gregg has a proven reputation as both a dynamic and influential speaker. His written works in the field of IT security include the publication of twelve security books he has either authored or co-authored. Some of these titles include: Syngress's Hack the Stack, Sybex's Security Street Smarts, Que's CISSP Cram 2, CISSP Exam Cram 2 Questions Edition, and The Certified Ethical Hacker Exam Prep 2. He also authored Inside Network Security Assessment by Samís publishing and The Certified Information Security Auditor (CISA) Exam Prep by Que. Mr. Gregg holds two associate degrees, a bachelor's degree, and a masterís degree. His latest work is Build Your Own Security Lab: A Field Guide for Network Testing.

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Not long ago hackers concentrated their efforts on malicious software that was designed for recognition, fame, and glory. Todayís information age attack vectors have changed; many incidents are financial in nature. Current FBI estimates are that malicious software and attacks targeting identity theft costs American businesses and consumers more than $50 billion a year. Yesterday's virus is today's custom malware; while denial of service attacks have been replaced with botnets. Its not about bragging rights any more.