Jeff is currently leading the PCI assessment and advisory practice at Secure Ideas. Jeff is known as a respected Information Security advocate, advisor, hacker, evangelist, mentor, teacher, international keynoter, speaker, co-host on Paul's Security Weekly, four time Tribe of Hackers (TOH) contributor, and a member of the Cabal of the Curmudgeons. Jeff also serves as an Advisory Board Member for the Technology Advancement Center (TAC), and is the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Hak4Kidz NFP. He has over 40 years of experience working in all aspects of computer, network, and information security, including cryptography, risk management, vulnerability analysis, compliance assessment, forensic analysis and penetration testing. Certified National Security Agency Cryptanalyst. Designed and fielded the first software-based cryptosystem ever produced by NSA. Inventor of the "whiz" wheel, a cryptologic cipher wheel used by US Special Forces for over a decade recently displayed at the National Cryptologic Museum. Honorary lifetime member of the Special Forces Association. Previously held security research, management and product development roles with the National Security Agency, the DoD and private-sector enterprises. Architect of the first penetration testing "red team" at NSA. For the past thirty years has been a pen tester, security architect, consultant, QSA, and PCI SME providing consulting and advisory services to many of the nation's best known companies.