Kyle Rankin is the Vice President of Engineering Operations for Final Inc.; the author of Linux Hardening in Hostile Networks, DevOps Troubleshooting, The Official Ubuntu Server Book, and Knoppix Hacks, among other books; and an award-winning columnist for Linux Journal magazine. He speaks frequently on security and Open Source software including at O'Reilly Security Conference, CactusCon, SCALE, OSCON, Linux World Expo, and Penguicon.