About the Technical Reviewers

Shawn Merdinger is a security researcher and analyst at the University of Florida Academic Health Center. He has worked with Cisco Systems, 3Com/TippingPoint, and as an independent consultant. His current research focuses on medical device security, and he is the founder of the MedSec group on LinkedIn. Shawn regularly presents original research at security/hacker conferences such as DEFCON, Ph-Neutral, ShmooCon, CONfidence, NoConName, O’Reilly, CSI, IT Underground, CarolinaCon, and SecurityOpus.

Patrick Ramseier is a technical editor and author and manages a team of security and unified access consultants. He has held several management and technical positions in different security companies over the past 18 years ...

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