John McCumber is the strategic programs manager in the Public Sector Group of Symantec Corporation.  He is currently involved in research and development activities in support of leading edge government information assurance initiatives.  John is a retired US Air Force officer and former Cryptologic Fellow of the National Security Agency.   During his military career, John also served in the Defense Information Systems Agency and on the Joint Staff at the Pentagon as Information Warfare Officer during the Persian Gulf War. 

In addition to his professional responsibilities at Symantec Corporation, John is currently a Professorial Lecturer in Information Security at The George Washington University in Washington, DC and is technical editor and a monthly columnist for Security Technology and Design magazine.  John is the author of Assessing and Managing Security Risk in IT Systems: a Structured Methodology from Auerbach Publications.  He lives in Falls Church, Virginia and Cary, North Carolina.