Dr. Rick Smith, Ph.D., CISSP, is a writer, educator, and consultant who operates the Cryptosmith consulting practice. Dr. Smith has over 30 years of experience with computing systems, almost half of which has focused on information security. His first book, "Internet Cryptography," is cited in the Common Body of Knowledge for Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification. Dr. Smith began his consulting career when he helped found the consulting practice at Secure Computing Corporation. Earlier in his career, Dr. Smith was a network software developer on the pioneering ARPANET, which evolved into today's Internet. He was also a software developer and lead systems engineer for a pioneering email guard used world-wide in military command centers. In addition to his two books, Dr. Smith has published numerous articles and papers on information security. Dr. Smith earned a BS in engineering from Boston University, and an MS and PhD in computer science from the University of Minnesota. He is also a senior member of the ACM and the IEEE.