About the Technical Reviewers

Randy Ivener, CCIE No. 10722, is a security specialist with the Cisco Systems product security incident response team. He is a CISSP and ASQ CSQE. Randy has spent many years as a network security consultant helping companies understand and secure their networks. Before becoming immersed in information security, he spent time in software development and as a training instructor. Randy graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and holds a master's degree in business administration.

Eric S. Seagren, CISA, CISSP-ISSAP, SCNP, CCNA, MCP+I, MCSE, and CNE, has nine years of experience in the computer industry, with the past seven years spent in the financial services industry working for a Fortune 100 company. Eric started his computer career working on Novell servers and performing general network troubleshooting for a small Houston-based company. While working in the financial services industry, his duties have included server administration, disaster recovery responsibilities, business continuity coordinator, Y2K remediation, and network vulnerability assessment responsibilities. He has spent the past few years as an IT architect and risk analyst, designing and evaluating secure, scalable, and redundant networks. Eric lives in Missouri City, Texas.