Michael Weisberg, CISSP has been involved in the Information Security field since his early career in mainframe systems security. He has provided technical expertise and hands-on implementation assistance in the areas of Identity Management, Perimeter Security, Patch Management, as well as general security policy. Michael has been involved in the Open Source community since 1994 and is an advocate for Standards Based software for securing environments while controlling costs. Michael is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His career has led him through the Government, Financial, Education and Industrial sectors. He is now VP of the Information Security practice at Garnet River, LLC, a technology consulting firm, and is the Director of Cyber Security Programs at Russell Sage Online.