Kevin Beaver is an independent information security consultant, writer, professional speaker, and expert witness with Atlanta, Georgia based Principle Logic, LLC. He has worked in IT since 1989 and specializes in performing information security assessments for corporations, security product vendors, independent software developers, universities, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations. Before starting his information security consulting practice in 2001, Kevin served in various information technology and security roles for several health care, e-commerce, financial, and educational institutions.
Kevin has appeared on CNN as an information security expert and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, Fortune Small Business, Men's Health, Women's Health, Woman's Day, and Inc. Magazine. His work has also been referenced by the PCI Security Standards Council in their PCI DSS Wireless Guidelines. He has given and participated in hundreds of highly rated presentations, panel discussions, seminars, and webcasts on information security and compliance.
Kevin has authored or coauthored 11 information security books, including Hacking For Dummies and Hacking Wireless Networks For Dummies (Wiley) as well as Implementation Strategies for Fulfilling and Maintaining IT Compliance (Realtimepublishers.com). He has written dozens of whitepapers and hundreds of articles and guest blog posts, and he is a regular contributor to SearchSecurity.com, SearchEnterpriseDesktop.com, SearchWindowsServer.com, and Security Technology Executive magazine.
Kevin is the creator and producer of the Security On Wheels audiobooks, which provide security learning for IT professionals on the go (http://www.securityonwheels.com) and its associated blog (http:// www.securityonwheels.com/blog). He also covers information security and rela
