Michael Rash holds a Master's Degree in applied mathematics with a concentration in computer security from the University of Maryland, and is author of the book "Linux Firewalls: Attack Detection and Response with iptables, psad, and fwsnort" published by No Starch Press. Michael works professionally as a Security Architect for Enterasys Networks, Inc., and previously worked as a Security Architect for G2, Inc. He is a frequent speaker at computer security conferences, and is the founder of cipherdyne.org, an organization dedicated to open source security technologies. Michael is the lead developer of the psad, fwsnort, and fwknop projects.