<strong>Mr. Jon Kibler</strong> is a Systems Architect for Advanced Systems Engineering Technology in Charleston, SC, where he also serves as the Chief Technical Officer. He has over 37 years experience in information technology and has worked in a variety of industries including: aerospace, defense, systems engineering, manufacturing, communications, utilities, transportation, information services, general business, banking, financial services, wholesale and distribution, retail and point of sales, health care, security, technical training, and consulting. His emphasis for the last 10 years has been systems and network security consulting, design of high security high availability networks, software security, and security research.<br /><br />

Mr. Kibler's background in security extends back to the mid-1970s when he first learned penetration testing skills while working on a defense department contract. He is a Certified Ethical Hacker and teaches several different ethical hacking and penetration testing courses. He also teaches a variety of other security courses, and presents seminars on security to professional groups and the general public.<br /><br />

Mr. Kibler regularly works with several different academic institutions on developing security curricula that better prepare students to address real world security issues when they reach the work place. He is also the founder of The Textbook Security Project whose goal is to have security become an integral part of every aspect of a computer science student's education.