Jonathan Fallone is a penetration tester and security consultant for Knowledge Consulting Group (KCG) in Reston, VA. He is a 2010 summa cum laude graduate of Strayer University with a Bachelors of Science in Information Systems (BSIS), concentrating in security administration. He’s worked as a contractor for the Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command, performing DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) assessments on Team Submarine systems. Most recently, Jonathan has worked as a technical assessor and pen tester on numerous government and industry assessments, using multiple frameworks, including NIST 800-53 and PCI. He was also the primary technical assessor for KCGs independent review of the Akamai Content Delivery Network (CDN) for their FedRAMP ATO effort. Jonathan’s primary area of interest is in internal penetration tests and password cracking. He’s recently worked on providing proof of concepts and practical application of the Cold Boot and FireWire attacks on local memory, and has published a paper on the subject on EthicalHacker.net. He holds the GPEN, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Security+, Network+, and A+ certifications, and is an Intermediate Level Navy Validator.