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Thomas R. Peltier

Thomas R. Peltier, CISSP is in his fourth decade of computer technology experience as an operator, an applications programmer and systems programmer, systems analyst and information systems security officer. Currently he is the President of Peltier & Associates an information security training and consulting firm. Prior to that he was Director of Policies and Administration for the Netigy Corporation's Global Security Practice, the National Director for Consulting Services for CyberSafe Corporation, the Corporate Information Protection Coordinator for Detroit Edison. This program has been recognized for excellence in the field of computer and information security by winning the Computer Security Institute's Information Security Program of the Year for 1996. Tom previously was the Information Security Specialist for General Motors Corporation. Responsible for implementing an information security program for GM's worldwide activities.

Tom has had a number of articles published on various computer and information security issues, including developing policies and procedures, disaster recovery planning, copyright compliance, virus management and security controls. He has published a books titled Information Security Risk Analysis, Information System Security Policies and Procedures: A Practitioners' Reference, Information Security Risk Analysis, The Complete Manual of Policies and Procedures for Data Security and a contributing author for the Computer Security Handbook, Third and Fifth Edition and Data Security Management. Tom has been the technical advisor on a number of security films from Commonwealth Films. He is the past chairman of the Computer Security Institute (CSI) advisory council, the chairman of the 18th Annual CSI Conference, founder and past-president of the Southeast Michigan Computer Security Special Interest Group and a former member of the board of directors for (ISC)2 the security professional certification organization. He was the 1993 "Lifetime Award" recipient at the 20th Annual CSI conference. The 1999 Information Systems Security Association's Individual Contribution to the Profession Award and the CSI Lifetime Emeritus Membership Award. He conducts numerous seminars and workshops on various security topics and has led seminars for CSI, Crisis Management, American Institute of Banking, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Institute of Internal Auditors, ISACA, and Sungard Planning Solutions. Tom was also an Associate Professor at the graduate level for Eastern Michigan University. His CBK domain specialities include Security Management Practices, Physical Security, Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery Planning, Operations Security, and Cryptography.

Justin Peltier

Justin Peltier, CISSP, MCNE, MCP, CCSE, RHCE, CCNA is a Senior Security Consultant with Clover Technologies with over six years of experience in planning, designing, and implementing technical security solutions in a wide range of operating environments. As a consultant, Mr. Peltier has been involved implementing, supporting, and developing security solutions, and has taught courses on many facets including vulnerability assessment and CISSP preparation. Formerly with Suntel Services, Justin directed the security practice development. Prior that, he was with Netigy where he was involved with the corporate training effort, serving as the company's primary technical instructor in the areas of vulnerability assessment, risk analysis, virtual private networking, policies and procedures, and penetration testing. Mr. Peltier has lead classes for MIS, Netigy, Computer Security Institute, Suntel Services and Sherwood Associates. He has expert-level experience with projects related to Novell, NT, Sun Solaris, LINUX, and Netscape systems, as well as with Ethernet, Token Ring, TCP/IP, and IPX/SPX topologies and protocols. Mr. Peltier's CBK specialty domains include Telecommunications and Network Security; Cryptography; Access Control Systems and Methodologies; and Security Architecture and Models.

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