Mike Chapple, PhD, CISSP, CISM, CIPP/US, CIPM, and CCSP, is Teaching Professor of Information Technology, Analytics, and Operations at Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business. He is the bestselling author of over 50 technical books. He is also the Faculty Director of the University's Business/Computer Science program.

Joe Shelley, CIPP/US, CIPM, and Security+, is the Vice President for Libraries and Information Technology at Hamilton College in New York. He oversees the information security and privacy programs, IT risk management, business intelligence and analytics, and data governance.

James Michael Stewart, CISSP, CEH, CHFI, ECSA, CND, ECIH, CEI, and CFR, has been writing and training for more than 25 years, with a focus on CISSP, internet security and ethical hacking/penetration testing. He is the author of and contributor to more than 80 books on security certification, Microsoft topics, and network administration.