Jesse Varsalone is an Associate Professor of Computer Networks and Cybersecurity at University of Maryland University College. Jesse has been teaching for 20+ years. Jesse has taught at undergraduate and graduate level at a number of colleges and universities including University of Maryland University College, the Community College of Baltimore County, Coppin State University, Champlain College, and Stevenson University. He also taught for 5 years at the Defense Cyber Investigations Training Academy (DCITA) where he was a member of the network intrusions track. Jesse holds a number of certifications in the IT field, including A+, Net+, iNet+, Server+, Linux+, CTT+, CISSP, MSCE. Jesse has spoken at several conferences including many of the DoD Cyber Crime Conferences. He was a member of the Red Team for several years on the Mid-Atlantic College Cyber Defense Competition. He has a master's degree from the University of South Florida (Tampa, FL), and a bachelors from George Mason University (Fairfax VA). Jesse has written and contributed to several publications, including Defense against the Black Arts: How Hackers Do What They Do and How to Protect against It by. Jesse also wrote the entire series of labs for Security+, Ethical Hacking, Forensics, and Network Security for NDG's netlab. Jesse lives with his son Mason and Daughter Kayla in Ellicott City Maryland in Howard County Maryland.