Dr. Allen Harper has served within the IT and Cybersecurity industry for more than 30 years. He is a retired Marine Officer and his last tour was in Western Iraq, where he was the IT/ Security Officer in 2007. He has experience performing hundreds of security assessments, in both the public and private sectors. He is a published author of 5 best-selling security books; most notably, he is the Lead author of the Gray Hat Hacking series of books. Dr. Harper is an expert in performing security and vulnerability analysis associated with IT security.