Brian Russell is the founder of TrustThink, LLC, where he leads multiple efforts towards the development of trusted IoT solutions. He has over 20 years of information security experience and has led complex system security engineering programs in the areas of cryptographic modernization, cryptographic key management, unmanned aerial systems, and connected vehicle security. He is the co-chair of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) IoT Working Group and was the recipient of the 2015 and 2016 CSA Ron Knode Service Award. Brian is an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego (USD) in the Cyber Security Operations and Leadership program.
I would like to express my gratitude for all the people that have helped with this book. To my co-author, Drew Van Duren—it's been a pleasure working with you. To the editors at Packt, thanks for your patience as we closed in on completion, and to my family—thank you for all of the support. I'd also like to acknowledge the active members over the years in the CSA IoT Working Group, as I have learned a lot from each of you about IoT security.
Drew Van Duren has provided 20 years of support to commercial and government customers in their efforts to secure safety-of-life and national security systems. He has provided extensive applied cryptographic design, key management expertise, and system security architecture design through rigorous integration of system security design with the core engineering disciplines. Drew has managed as Technical Director the two largest FIPS 140-2 test laboratories, security-consulted for the New York City Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment, and participated in multiple standards groups such as the RTCA, SAE, and IEEE 1609 working group. Today, he supports the IEEE P1920 committee heading security architecture for unmanned aircraft aerial networks.
I would like to thank the outstanding mentors I have worked with throughout my career. Thank you to my grandfather, Glenn Foster, for planting seeds of scientific and engineering curiosity. Brian Russell, it has been extremely rewarding collaborating with you over the years. Lastly, much gratitude to my parents, Toney and GloryLynn Van Duren, for such fierce dedication and support through my formative years.
Aaron Guzman is a security consultant serving as the Head of Automotive and IoT Testing with Aon's Cyber Solutions Group. Aaron has extensive public speaking experience, delivering conference presentations, training, and workshops globally. Aaron is a chapter leader for the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Los Angeles, Cloud Security Alliance SoCal (CSA SoCal), a technical editor, and the co-author of IoT Penetration Testing Cookbook with Packt Publishing. Over the years, he has contributed to many IoT security guidance publications and leads the OWASP Embedded Application Security project. Follow Aaron's latest research on Twitter at @scriptingxss.
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