Praveen Darshanam has over seven years of experience in Information Security with companies such as McAfee, Cisco Systems, and iPolicy Networks. His core expertise and passions are Vulnerability Research, Application Security and Malware Analysis, Signature Development, Snort, and much more. He pursued a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Engineering degree in Control and Instrumentation from one of the premier institutes of India. He holds industry certifications such as CHFI, CEH, and ECSA. He is a known Ethical Hacking trainer in India. He also blogs at http://blog.disects.com/.

Steven McElrea has been working in IT for over 10 years as a Microsoft Windows and Exchange Server administrator. Having been bitten by the security bug, he's been playing around and learning about InfoSec for several years now. He has a nice little blog (www.kioptrix.com) that does its best to show and teach newcomers the basic principles of information security. He is currently working in security professionally and he loves it. The switch to InfoSec is the best career move he has made.

Sachin Raste is a leading security expert with over 18 years of experience in the field of Network Management and Information Security. With his team, he has designed, streamlined, and integrated networks, applications, and IT processes for some of the big business houses in India, and has successfully helped them achieve Business Continuity. He has also reviewed the book Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook, Packt Publishing. He can be followed on twitter at @essachin.

Abhinav Singh is a young information security specialist from India. He has a keen interest in the field of Information Security and has adopted it as his full-time profession. His core work areas include malware analysis, network security, and system and enterprise security. He is also the author of the books Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook and Instant Wireshark published by Packt Publishing.

Abhinav's work has been quoted in several Infosec magazines and portals. He shares his day-to-day security encounters on www.securitycalculus.com. Currently, he is working as a cyber security engineer for JP Morgan.

You can contact him at <[email protected]>. His Twitter ID is @abhinavbom.

Aaron M. Woody is a security consultant specializing in penetration testing, security operations development, and security architecture. He is a speaker and instructor and teaches hacking and security concepts. He is currently pursuing the OSCP certification to add to his more than 16 years of experience in teaching. Aaron is the author of the book Enterprise Security – A Data-Centric Approach to Securing the Enterprise, Packt Publishing.

He also maintains a blog at www.datacentricsec.com. He can be followed on Twitter at @shaisaint.