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Ben Rothke

 

Current what I do: Senior Security consultant - BT Professional Services

Previously at: AXA, Baltimore Technologies, Ernst & Young, and Citicorp.

On the side I am the Enterprise Security Channel Editor at: Senior Security consultant - BrightHubServices

 

Certifications: Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), PCI - Qualified Security Assessor (QSA), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM, Certified Confidentiality Officer (CCO, SITA Level-3 certification.

 

Speaker at industry conferences: CSI, RSA, NetSec, InfoSec World, Conference Board and ISACA. List of talks that I have given – some of which can be downloaded.

 

Quoted in the press on topics of computer security and privacy. I was quoteed in the National Enquirer on the topics of computer viruses and spam.

 

Information security policy

Was co-chairman along with Warren Axelrod of the Information Security Policy Principles Working Group for the GAISP Project, until ISSA terminated the project.

On the Experts Panel for Information Shieldand a editorial board member for Information Systems Security.

 

Author Computer Security: 20 Things Every Employee Should Know

Pete Lindstrom of Spire Security served as the technical editor.

Morgan-Stanley, Lockheed-Martin, US Federal Agencies and many others have bought large quantities of the book to use in their security awareness program – so should your company.

Book has gotten great reviews in Computer World, Security Management and IT Wales, and from Tony Bradley (About.com Guide for Internet/Network Security) and Curtis Frye in Technology and Society. Book has been translated into Polish, Japanese and Thai.

 

List of all the articles that I have written

 

Book reviews

I review and recommend books on digital security, privacy and other relevant issues and write a monthly book review on topics of information security and privacy for Security Management Magazine, and also for Slashdot and UnixReview. Most of my book reviews can be found on Amazon.com

 

I write about 8-10 articles a year on subjects dealing with information security, privacy, management and other contemporary issues.

 

CISSP exam prep

Slides for the CISSP examination – From 1999. Dated, but a good part of the information is still relevant.

Additional CISSP preparation slides. From my I days at QinetiQ-Trusted Information Management in 2002. Not as dated as the other slides, they also are useful.

Excellent resource for CISSP prep material - cccure.org

 

Running

Enjoy running in Marathons. Completed the 2003 Marine Corps Marathon and 2004 New Jersey Marathon for Team in Training, and the 2004 New York City marathon and 2005 New Jersey Marathon for Running for Israel.

Will be running in the 2008 New York City Marathon.

 

Aviation

Licensed private pilot

 

Swimming

Red Cross Certified Water Safety Instructor

 

Contact

e-mail

My profile on LinkedIn

My profile on Digg

 

Updated: September 2008

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