Valene Skerpac, CISSP CISM PMP, is Security Strategy and Risk Management Manager at Accenture. Previously, she was Director, IT Consulting Services Security, Application Solutions and Delivery, iBiometrics, Inc. and Director IT, Security Services at Triad Group. She has also held security and engineering management positions at IBM Global Services and Vorec Corporation. She is the author of Voice Communications Security, a handbook of Information Security Management (Auerbach publishing). She received her certifications from ISC(2)and ISACA. She graduated with honors from Rutgers University.