Kevin Beaver
Job Title: CISSP
Organization: Principle Logic, LLC
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Kevin Beaver is an independent information security consultant, writer, expert witness, and professional speaker with over 35 years of experience in IT – the last 29 years of which he has dedicated to information security. Before starting his company, Principle Logic, in 2001, Kevin served in IT and security roles for various healthcare, e-commerce, financial firms, educational institutions, and consulting organizations. Kevin has appeared on CNN television as an information security expert and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur Magazine, Fortune Small Business, Men’s Health, Women’s Health and Inc. Magazine’s technology site IncTechnology.com. His work has also been referenced by the PCI Security Standards Council in their Data Security Standard Wireless Guidelines. Kevin has presented at seminars and conferences hundreds of times at shows for TechTarget, Gartner, RSA, ISACA, and others. Additionally, he has performed hundreds of webinars for TechTarget, Ziff Davis, and other media outlets. Kevin is author/co-author of 12 information security books including Hacking For Dummies (currently in its 7th edition), Hacking Wireless Networks For Dummies, Point of Sale Security For Dummies, Next-Generation IPS For Dummies, HP Converged Infrastructure For Dummies, PCI Cardholder Data Protection For Dummies, Identity & Access Management For Dummies, Securing the Mobile Enterprise For Dummies, and Laptop Encryption For Dummies (all by Wiley), The Definitive Guide to Email Management and Security (by Realtimepublishers.com), as well as The Practical Guide to HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance and Healthcare Information Systems, 2nd edition (by Auerbach/Taylor and Francis). In addition, Kevin is the technical editor of the book Network Security For Dummies as well as over a dozen books and whitepapers for Realtimepublishers.com. Kevin has written 37 whitepapers and over 1,300 articles on information security. He is a regular contributor of security content for various TechTarget sites including SearchSecurity.com. He has also written for Spiceworks Ziff Davis, IBM’s Security Intelligence blog, Iron Mountain’s blog, Information Security Magazine, Security Technology Executive, CSOOnline.com, and Computerworld.com. Kevin serves as a faculty member for the Institute of Applied Network Security (IANS) and serves as an Industry Advisory Board member for Kennesaw State University’s Department of Computer Engineering. He is also the founder and past president of the Technology Association of Georgia’s Information Security Society. Kevin earned his bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering Technology from Southern College of Technology and his master’s degree in Management of Technology from Georgia Tech. He also holds the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification which he obtained in 2001.
