James Edge is an experienced information security professional as a consultant for state and local governments, education, financial services, and retail industries. He has an alphabet soup of certification credentials in information technology, information security, and audit. He is active member for the local chapters of ISACA wherever he happens to reside, has provided support for the Southeastern Collegiate Cyber Defense Challenge (CCDC), and has spoken at various security conferences run by universities, BSides, SkyTalks, and ISACA.