Rob Kraus is a Manager of Security Consulting Services for Solutionary, Inc. He is responsible for performing web application security assessments, external and internal penetration testing, social engineering and vulnerability research. Rob is also the lead author for the Seven Deadliest Windows Attacks, and co-author for the Seven Deadliest Network Attacks books released in March 2010. Both books are part of the Seven Deadliest Attacks Series by Syngress Publishing. He is also currently writing a book focused on social engineering techniques that will be released later this year.Rob was previously a Remote Security Services Supervisor with Digital Defense, Inc. As a supervisor, he was responsible for conducting various penetration testing activities while also leading a team of penetration testers who performed assessment services for Digital Defense's customers. Rob's background also includes contracting as a security analyst for AT&T during the initial stages of the AT&T U-verse deployment as well as provisioning, optimizing, and testing OC-192 fiber-optic networks while employed with Nortel Networks.