Rob Ragan, is a Senior Security Associate at Stach & Liu, a security consulting firm providing IT security services to the Fortune 500 and global financial institutions as well as U.S. and foreign governments. Before joining Stach & Liu, Rob served as Software Engineer with the Application Security Center team of Hewlett-Packard (formerly SPI Dynamics) where he developed automated web application security testing tools, performed penetration tests, and researched vulnerability assessment and identification techniques. Rob has presented his research at leading conferences such as InfoSec World, Black Hat USA, and DEFCON. Rob has also published several white papers and is a contributing author to the upcoming Hacking Exposed:Web Applications 3rd edition. Rob holds a Bachelor of Science from the Pennsylvania State University with a major in Information Sciences and Technology and a focus on System Development. While at Penn State, Rob worked as a full-time web application developer for the Office of IT and was an active member of the Information Assurance Club where he gave training on web application security.