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Brent Huston is CEO and Security Evangelist of MicroSolved, Inc., an information security company, based in Columbus, OH. Brent and his staff have performed system and network security-consulting services for Fortune 500 companies, international telecomm firms and major financial institutions. His professional experience exceeds fifteen years in the information security field. To date, he has performed hundreds of vulnerability assessments and penetration tests against target organizations such as banks, credit unions, financial companies, e-commerce sites, critical infrastructure, federal/state/local governments and military/national security installations. He is well versed in the use and implementation of all major security tools, standards and systems and has developed the primary assessment methodologies in use at MicroSolved and the US Department of Energy. He has published numerous white papers on security-related topics, and is the co-author and technical editor of the book "Hack Proofing Your E-Commerce Site" from Syngress Publishing. Write him at mailto: bhuston@microsolved.com.