Ryan is a security generalist. Hailing from rural Illinois, he had plenty of time to develop his skills with a 1200-baud modem and some epic phone bills. He was a member of the primary security team at Orbitz.com and later the head of EU Information Security for sister site Ebookers.com for a combined 11+ years. These jobs exposed him to many modern security concerns including the subject, denial of service attacks. He currently works as a developer for Risk I/O, a vulnerability management software company.