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Taylor, Philip M.  is Professor of International Communications at the University of Leeds, UK. He is the author of several well-known works on international propaganda, including Munitions of the Mind: a history of propaganda from the ancient world to the present day (Manchester University Press, 3rd edition, 2003). His next book is Shooting the Messenger: the political impact of war reporting (with Paul Moorcraft, Potomac, 2008).

Terado, Emiko  has received her Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Edith Cowan University and Master of Internet Computing. She is currently working on virtual medical information resources and has a keen interest in the security of health information.

Townsend, Anthony M. , Ph.D. is the Accenture Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor of MIS at Iowa State University . He received his MS and Ph.D. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and conducts research in collaborative systems and virtual teams. He has published in MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, the Communications of the ACM, along with a number of other venues. He is currently conducting research in a variety of collaborative systems designed to enhance a variety of organizational processes, including security.

Turner, Dr Paul Senior Research fellow, prior to joining the School of Information Systems, was a research fellow at CRID (Computer, Telecommunications and Law Research Institute) in Belgium where he worked on a variety of European Commission contracts in the field of electronic commerce telecommunications and intellectual property rights. Paul has also worked as an independent information and telecommunications consultant in a number of countries in Europe and was for three years, editor of the London-based monthly publication Telecommunications Regulation Review. Paul’s strong research focus in the field of electronic commerce continues both in his work as senior research fellow at the University of Tasmania and in his concurrent position as research manager for the Tasmanian Electronic Commerce Centre (TECC). In Paul’s work for the TECC, he is responsible for coordinating research at basic, applied and strategic levels across a range of industry sectors with a focus on small to medium sized enterprises electronic business practices.

Tyrell, Pat was the Commodore, Defence Intelligence and Security School at Chicksands in April 1997. In this job he was responsible for the intellectual development of intelligence officers at al levels. He was promoted Commodore and assumed the post of Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Operations at the Defence Communication Services Agency in March 1999 and led the transition planning within the expanded Agency. In April 2001, he took up a post in the central Ministry of Defence, helping to implement the results of the Defence Training Review and taking on responsibility for Defence –wide policy on training and education.

Valli, Craig  (Dr.) lectures as a Senior Lecturer in Computer and Network Security at Edith Cowan University . His active research profile includes honeypots, digital forensics and network security. He is completing a second doctoral study on applying honeypots as a countermeasure to insider malfeasance. Craig regularly consults to government and private industry on network security and forensics. He is founding Chair of the Australian Digital Forensics Conference and also founding Co-Chair of the Australian Information Security Management Conference. Craig is also active on various conference and journal committees.

van Niekerk, Brett  completed his B.Sc. in Electronic Engineering in 2002 at the former University of Natal, and graduated with a M.Sc. Electronic Engineering dissertation in next-generation communications in 2006 at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He worked at Thorough Tec Simulation on mining and military projects, and managed the Electronic Design Department. He is currently a part-time examiner and researcher at the Management College of Southern Africa, and is completing his PhD research in Information Systems and Technology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, analysing potential vulnerabilities in 3G communication infrastructures from Information Warfare and Electronic Warfare perspectives.

Vanhorenbeeck, Maarten  is currently undertaking a Masters degree in Information Security and Intelligence at Edith Cowan University, Australia . He is a Service Delivery Manager with global information security services specialist Cybertrust.

Vaughan, Richard  is a senior network research engineer at General Dynamics UK Ltd where is engaged in projects related to tactical networking and routing. He also maintains a keen research interest in security, QoS, and embedded systems.

Veerasamy, Namosha  has obtained a BSc: IT Computer Science degree and a BSc. Computer Science (Hons) degree with distinction from the University of Pretoria . Namosha is qualified as a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and is currently completing her Masters in Computer Science at the University of Pretoria . She is employed as a researcher in the field of computer and network security at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Pretoria , South Africa .

Vigna, Giovanni is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of California in Santa Barbara . His current research interests include network and computer security, intrusion detection, security of mobile code systems, penetration testing, and distributed systems. In particular, in the last years he worked on STAT, a framework for the modular development of intrusion detection systems. He also published a book on Security and Mobile Agents and he is the Program Chair of the International Symposium on Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection (RAID 2003). Giovanni Vigna received his M.S. with honors and Ph.D. from Politecnico di Milano , Italy , in 1994 and 1998, respectively.

Voipio, Mikko  is an engineer and IT specialist. His research concerns electronic mail communication and especially the problem of UBE filtering. He is presently a doctoral candidate in Helsinki University of Technology.

Wang, Xinyuan received his B.S. in Computer Science from Peking University (PR China) and M.S. in Computer Science from Beijing Institute of Information Control (PR China). He is currently pursuing Ph.D. in Computer Science at North Carolina State University, USA. His primary research interest is in network security, especially real-time intrusion tracing and source identification, active intrusion response and active network security.

Warren, Matthew J.  is a Professor at Deakin University in the School of Information Systems in the Faculty of Business and Law. His research interests are Computer Ethics, Critical Infrastructure Protection, ICT Policy and Information Security Management. He is an editor of the Journal of Information Warfare. He is the Convenor for the Deakin University Information Security Research Group and contributes to the Small and Medium Enterprise Research Group. Previously he was Head of the School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Australia and before that he was an Information Systems lecturer at the Plymouth Business School, UK. He has a PhD in Information Security Management from Plymouth University, UK and during that time worked on several large European Union research projects.

Watt, Allan Charles, Dip Policing, BBS, MSc (Hons), CFCE, CFE is head of e-forensics at e.law Australia Pty. Ltd. Allan has been an independent computer forensic expert for 14years. Currently, he leads e.law’s national e-forensics team and works as a guest lecturer for the University of Sydney. Allan has partnered with some of Australia’s most well known corporate, government and legal organisations as well as forensic accountants and liquidators to achieve favorable outcomes. Allan has expertise in: the forensic acquisition, extraction and examination of computers, mobile phones and other digital storage devices providing independent expert opinion and reports at court in all legal practice areas advising corporations on intellectual property and risk management delivering Continuing Legal Education (CLE) or Continuing Professional Development (CPD) seminars on e-forensics to a wide variety of audiences. He has been involved in over 800 criminal and civil cases. Prior to his present role, Allan worked as a Criminal Intelligence Analyst for the NZ Police where he was involved in many of the first computer forensic examinations in the country.

Wee Teck Teo is a tutor for the Department of Information Systems at the University of Melbourne . He graduated last year with a B. Information Systems and is currently a research assistant with the department’s Computer Security and Forensics Group.

Wells, Cameron  works as a consultant and has over 17 years’ experience in C4IRSEW operations, maintenance, systems engineering and, research and development. He was awarded a Conspicuous Service Cross in 1999 for outstanding achievements in the development of OTHR Surveillance Operations and holds a Masters Degree in Information Security & Intelligence. Cameron’s research interests include Network Centric Warfare, Information Warfare Effects Based Operations, and their impact on Battlespace Management Command & Control.

Williams, Patricia  is a lecturer in the School of Computer and Information Science at Edith Cowan University where she lectures in networking, medical informatics and decision support systems. Trish has a background in medical computing and networking, and a keen interest in electronic information use. Trish is also undertaking her PhD in the use of electronic information and medical decision making.

Woodward, Andrew  is currently an academic at Edith Cowan University and researcher in the SECAU Security Research Centre. He is actively researching and teaching in the areas of wireless network security, network security and digital forensics. Andrew has consulted to government departments, corporations and law enforcement agencies in the areas of wireless network vulnerability assessment, computer forensics, RFID security and network penetration testing.

Wu, S. Felix Ph.D, received his PhD in Computer Science from Columbia University in 1995, and he is currently an Associate Professor of Computer Science of University of California at Davis, USA. His research focuses on computer security, specifically intrusion detection and protection for network protocols, detection and identification of the source of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, automatic response to faults and intrusions, and intrusion tolerance and extended transaction management.

Xenitellis, Symeon (Simos) is a postgraduate student at Information Security Group for Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom.  His research interests include security in event driven systems, software security and static analysis.  He has an M. Sc in Information Security from Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom.

Yek, Suen  is a doctoral candidate within the School of Computer and Information Science at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Western Australia . Her research is on wireless honeynets and the application of deceptive mechanisms for countermeasures against network attacks. Suen holds a Bachelor of Science (Software Engineering) with Honours and a Bachelor of Business (Marketing).

Yek, Suen is a postgraduate student in the School of Computer and Information Science at Edith Cowan University, Perth . She holds a B.Sc. (Hons) and B.Bus. (Marketing) and in the last two years has focused her research on honeypots. Current research involves wireless honeypots utilising deception strategies for network defence.

Yin, James K.H.  works in the area of corporate communications, information campaign planning, crisis communications, consequence management, media management, publicity and internal communications. He holds a B.Eng (Hon) in Electrical Engineering from the National University of Singapore and recently, M.A. (Distinction) International Communications from the University of Leeds where his dissertation (published in this article) was awarded top honors.

Yin, Maj James  is an Army officer in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). He was awarded the SAF Postgraduate Award in 2007 and is currently on a year-long study leave pursuing a masters degree in international communications in the University of Leeds. His last appointment was as a Plans Officer in the Army Information Centre, then a newly established corporate communications department of the Singapore Army. During his tour of duty, he has been deployed into Aceh to facilitate media coverage of the SAF’s humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of the Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004, led the publicity effort for the SAF’s inaugural air-land integrated live firing exercise in USA in 2005 and handled numerous other consequence management incidents. He has also completed the US PSYOP Officer Qualification Course in 2005 where he was awarded a letter of commendation.

Yngström, Louise has been engaged in research and education in IT security with her department since 1985. She is a pioneer in interdisciplinary holistic IT security education, Research interests, apart from security curricula and education, are security issues related to society and organisations. Previous research areas were IR- systems and computer aided instruction. She is a member of several IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing) working groups related to her interests and the Swedish national representative to IFIP TC 11. In her department, she is the director of SecLab and the director of PhD studies.

Yuill, Jim  is a PhD candidate in the Computer Science Department at North Carolina State University .  His thesis is on deception for computer security.  Jim previously worked at IBM in operating systems development.

Zhu, Qiuming  is a professor of computer science at the University of Nebraska at Omaha . He received his Ph.D. in computer and systems engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1986, was a postdoctoral Research fellow in the Center for Computer Aids for Industrial Productivity at the Rutgers University, and was an assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the Oakland University from 1986 to 1990. His research interests include digital image processing and computer vision, pattern recognition, neural networks, multi-agent software systems, and artificial intelligence applications in science and engineering.

Zydallis, Jesse B. received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1997 and 1998, respectively.  He is a Captain in the United States Air Force and has had assignments in engineering and program management positions.  He is currently a Ph.D candidate at the Air Force Institute of Technology.