In his thirty-year IT career, Peter H. Gregory has worn every hat and coat in the IT closet. Early in his career, he learned that he had a knack for teaching others how to use and program computers. Soon he was writing user manuals and doing stand-up teaching.

In the 1990s, he was introduced to executives at Prentice Hall. Soon after, he developed an opportunity to write his first book, Solaris Security, which was published in 2000 in English, Chinese, and Japanese. Since that time, he has written 40 more titles for Prentice-Hall, Financial Times, John Wiley, O’Reilly, McGraw Hill Education, and Cengage Learning.

Peter is a cybersecurity executive and has been a Virtual CISO. He serves on the advisory board and the lead instructor (emeritus) in the University of Washington Certificate in Information Systems Security, and also on the advisory board for the UW certificate in Information Security and Risk Management. He serves on the advisory board and adjunct faculty for the University of South Florida Cybersecurity For Executives program. Peter regularly speaks at industry conferences including SecureWorld Expo, Washington Technology Industry Association, OptivCon, (ISC)² Congress, Interface, Kernutt Stokes Business Leadership Forum, West Coast Security Forum, Interop, Victoria Privacy Conference, Credit Union National Association Security Summit, and RSA. He has been featured in Computerworld, Software Magazine, Information Security Magazine, SC Magazine, CIO Magazine, IBM Forward View, Tech Republic, Dark Reading, Forbes, and BusinessWeek. He is a member of CyberEdBoard and the Forbes Technology Council. In 2006 he was an expert witness in the successful federal prosecution of a cybercriminal.

He holds several prestigious industry certifications, including CISSP, CISA, CISM, CIPM, CRISC, CDPSE, DRCE, and CCSK.

Website:
www.peterhgregory.com

Blog:
peterhgregory.wordpress.com

Partial list of published books:

1. Solaris Security, Prentice-Hall, 1999
2. Solaris Security (Japanese Language Edition), Prentice-Hall, 1999
3. Solaris Security (Chinese Language Edition), Prentice-Hall, 1999
4. Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 8 Study Guide, Prentice-Hall, 2001
5. Enterprise Information Security, Financial Times Management, 2003
6. Enterprise Information Security (Romanian Language Edition), Financial Times Management, 2003
7. CISSP for Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, 2003 (co-author)
8. Security+ Certification for Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, 2003 (co-author)
9. Computer Viruses for Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, 200
10. Blocking Spam and Spyware for Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, 2005 (co-author)
11. VoIP Security for Dummies, Avaya Limited Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2006
12. SIP Communications for Dummies, Avaya Limited Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2006
13. Converged Network Security for Dummies, Avaya Limited Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2007
14. IP Multimedia Subsystems for Dummies, Radisys Limited Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2007
15. Midsized Communications Solutions for Dummies, Avaya Limited Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2007
16. Comunicaciones para Medianas Empresas para Dummies, Edicion Limitada de Avaya, John Wiley & Sons, 2007
17. Unified Communications for Dummies, Avaya Limited Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2007
18. Comunicações Unificadas, Edicao Espeçial da Avaya, John Wiley & Sons, 2007
19. Securing the Vista Environment, O’Reilly Media, 2007
20. CISSP for Dummies, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2007 (co-author)
21. IT Disaster Recovery Planning for Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, 2007
22. Biometrics for Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, 2008 (co-author)
23. SIP Communications For Dummies, Avaya 2nd Custom Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2009 (co-author)
24. CISSP Guide to Security Essentials, Thomson Course Technology, 2009
25. CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor All-in-One Exam Guide, McGraw-Hill, 2009
26. CISSP For Dummies, Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2009 (co-author)
27. CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor All-in-One Exam Guide, Second Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2011
28. Data Backup For Dummies, eVault Data Protection Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2009
29. Firewalls For Dummies, Sonicwall Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2011
30. Advanced Physical Access Control For Dummies, HID Global Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2011
31. CISSP for Dummies, Fourth edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2012 (co-author)
32. CISSP Guide to Security Essentials, Second Edition, Cengage Learning, 2015
33. Advanced Persistent Threat Protection For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, 2013
34. Stopping Zero-Day Exploits For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, 2013
35. Getting An Information Security Job For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, 2015
36. Getting A Networking Job For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, 2015 (co-author)
37. DRaaS For Dummies, Veeam Software Special Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2016
38. CISSP for Dummies, Fifth edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2016 (co-author)
39. CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor All-in-One Exam Guide, Third Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2016
40. Threat Hunting For Dummies, Carbon Black Special Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2017
41. CISM Certified Information Security Manager All-in-One Exam Guide, McGraw-Hill, 2018
42. CISSP For Dummies, Sixth edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2018 (co-author)
43. CISM Certified Information Security Manager Practice Exams, McGraw-Hill, 2019
44. Critical Infrastructure Risk Assessment, Rothstein Publishing, 2020 (foreword)
45. Chromebook For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, 2020
46. CDPSE Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer All-in-One Exam Guide, McGraw-Hill, 2021
47. CIPM Certified Information Privacy Manager All-in-One Exam Guide, McGraw-Hill, 2021
48. CISSP For Dummies, Seventh edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2022 (co-author)
49. CRISC Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control All-in-One Exam Guide, McGraw-Hill, 2022 (co-author)