About the Author
N. K. McCarthy previously managed the Information Security Operations / Threat & Vulnerability Management for a Fortune 100 corporation for several years. His international staff performed round-the-clock security event monitoring and response. His responsibilities included security patch remediation, vulnerability scans and remediation, penetration testing, system configuration monitoring and remediation, maintaining various Computer Incident Response Plans (CIRPs), and managing an active threat portfolio for key business functions, users, application platforms, and persistent vulnerabilities.
With a career spanning more than 20 years in IT, Mr. McCarthy has held a wide range of roles including systems programming, IT consultant, ...