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About the Authors
Ronald L. Krutz, Ph.D., P.E., CISSP. Dr. Krutz is a Senior Information Assurance
Consultant with Corbett Technologies, Inc. He is the lead assessor for all Capability
Maturity Model (CMM) engagements for Corbett Technologies and led the development
of Corbett’s HIPAA-CMM assessment methodology. Dr. Krutz is also a lead instructor
for the (ISC)
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CISSP Common Body of Knowledge review seminars. He has over forty
years of experience in distributed computing systems, computer architectures, real-time
systems, information assurance methodologies and information security training.
He has been an Information Security Consultant at Realtech Systems Corporation, an
Associate Director of the Carnegie Mellon Research Institute (CMRI), and a Professor
in the Carnegie Mellon University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Dr. Krutz founded the CMRI Cybersecurity Center and was founder and Director of the
CMRI Computer, Automation and Robotics Group. Prior to his 24 years at Carnegie
Mellon University, Dr. Krutz was a Department Director in the Singer Corporate R&D
Center and a Senior Engineer at Gulf Research and Development Company.
Dr. Krutz conducted and sponsored applied research and development in the areas of
computer security, artificial intelligence, networking, modeling and simulation, robotics,
and real-time computer applications. He is the author of three textbooks in the areas of
microcomputer system design, computer interfacing, and computer architecture, and is
the holder of seven patents in the area of digital systems. He also is an instructor in the
University of Pittsburgh Computer Engineering Program where he teaches courses in
information system security and computer organization. Dr. Krutz is a Certified
Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a Registered Professional
Engineer (P.E.).
Russell Dean Vines, CISSP, CCNA, MCSE, MCNE. Mr. Vines is currently President
and founder of the RDV Group, Inc. (www.rdvgroup.com), a New York City-based
security consulting services firm, whose clients include government, finance, and new
media organizations. Mr. Vines has been active in the prevention, detection, and
remediation of security vulnerabilities for international corporations for many years. He
is a frequent speaker on privacy, security awareness, and best practices in the
information industry. He is also an instructor for the (ISC)
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CISSP Common Body of
Knowledge review seminars.
Mr. Vines has been active in computer engineering for nearly 20 years. He has earned
high level certifications in Cisco, 3Com, Ascend, Microsoft, and Novell technologies,
and has been trained in the National Security Agency’s ISSO Information Assessment
Methodology. He formerly directed the Security Consulting Services Group for Realtech
Systems Corporation; designed, implemented, and managed large global information
networks for CBS/Fox Video, Inc.; and was Director of MIS for the Children’s Aid
Society in New York City.
After receiving a Downbeat magazine scholarship to Boston’s Berklee College of Music,
Mr. Vines’s early professional years were illuminated not by the flicker of a computer
monitor, but by the bright lights of Nevada nightclubs. He performed as a sideman for a
variety of well-known entertainers, including George Benson, John Denver, Sammy
Davis Jr., and Dean Martin. Mr. Vines composed and arranged hundreds of pieces of
jazz and contemporary music that were recorded and performed by his own big band
and others, founded and managed a scholastic music publishing company, and worked
as an artist-in-residence in communities throughout the West. He still performs and
teaches music in the New York City area, and is a member of Local #802, American
Federation of Musicians.
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