Joseph Muniz is an architect at Cisco Systems and a security researcher. He has extensive experience in designing security solutions and architectures for the top Fortune 500 corporations and the US Government. Joseph's current role gives him visibility into the latest trends in cyber security, both from leading vendors and customers. Examples of Joseph’s research is his RSA talk titled Social Media Deception quoted by many sources found by searching Emily Williams Social Engineering, as well as articles in PenTest Magazine regarding various security topics.
Joseph runs The Security Blogger website, a popular resource for security and product implementation. He is the author and contributor of several publications, including a recent Cisco Press title focused on building a Security Operations Center (SOC). Follow Joseph at http://www.thesecurityblogger.com/ and @SecureBlogger.
Outside of work, Joseph can be found behind turntables scratching classic vinyl or on the soccer pitch hacking away at the local club teams.
Publications:
CCNA Cyber Ops SECOPS #210-255 Official Cert Guide (Certification Guide) – Cisco Press CCNA
Cyber Ops SECFND #210-250 Official Cert Guide (Certification Guide) – Cisco Press Security
Operations Center: Building, Operating, and Maintaining your SOC – Cisco Press
Penetration Testing with Raspberry Pi - Packt Publishing
Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux - Packt Publishing
I will start by thanking Michael and Jason for taking on the daunting task of revising our book. We were extremely picky about who would work on this and it was great having our friends step up and take on this project. We feel really lucky to work with them and love what they came up with.
Next I want to thank the Packt team for their work on this book. They are professional and really fun to work with.
Finally I would like to give a huge thank you to my friends and family. I feel lucky to know and hang out with such great people.
Aamir Lakhani is a leading senior security strategist. He is responsible for providing IT security solutions to major enterprises and government organizations.
Mr. Lakhani creates technical security strategies and leads security implementation projects for Fortune 500 companies. Industries of focus include healthcare providers, educational institutions, financial institutions, and government organizations. Aamir has designed offensive counter-defense measures for the Department of Defense and national intelligence agencies. He has also assisted organizations with safeguarding IT and physical environments from attacks perpetrated by underground cybercriminal groups. Mr. Lakhani is considered an industry leader for creating detailed security architectures within complex computing environments. His areas of expertise include cyber defense, mobile application threats, malware management, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) research, and investigations relating to the Internet’s dark security movement. He is the author of, or contributor to several books, and has appeared on FOX Business News, National Public Radio, and other media outlets as an expert on cybersecurity.
Writing under the pseudonym Dr.Chaos, Mr. Lakhani also operates the popular security social media blog which is hosted at http://www.drchaos.com/. In its recent list of 46 Federal Technology Experts to Follow on Twitter, Forbes magazine described Aamir Lakhani as a blogger, InfoSec specialist, super hero…and all around good guy.
I would like thank my dad, Mahmood Lakhani, for always believing in me.