Practical Industrial Cybersecurity

Acknowledgments

Charles J. Brooks

First, I would like to thank Greg Michael, formerly of Howard W. Sams, for getting me involved in writing about microcomputer systems back in the early days of the IBM PC.

As always, I want to thank the staff here at ETG/Marcraft for making it easy to turn out a good product. In particular, thanks to Cathy Boulay and Luke Johns from the Product Development department for their excellent work in getting the text and lab books ready to go and looking good.

In addition, I would like to say thanks to Brian Alley of Dell Computers and Philip Craig, formerly of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and now the owner of BlackByte Cyber Security, LLC, for their expertise and guidance in bringing this group of books and their accompanying Lab Guides to fruition.

As always, I want to thank my wife, Robbie, for all of her understanding, support, and help with these projects, as well as Robert, Jamaica, Michael, and Joshua.

Philip A. Craig Jr.

To the folks who commit their lives and careers to developing new approaches to cybersecurity that protect the immense landscape of computing infrastructures from the malicious and sometimes deadly outcomes of cyberattacks, I dedicate this work to you. The next generation of cyber protectors will gain significant value from this book and hopefully will find its content sparking new dedication to the cyber challenges we will face in the years ahead.

I also dedicate this effort to my wife, Caralee, who has endured ...