The author of some two dozen books on information technology, Stephen Cobb is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

As Senior Vice-President of Research and Education at ePrivacy Group, a trust technology and services company, Stephen has advised some of the world's largest companies on privacy and information technology issues.

Stephen has been in the Information Technology business for nearly twenty years. For the last ten years he has focused on maximizing the benefits of IT for businesses, governments and communities, chiefly through the reduction of IT-related risks. The author of more than 24 books, including the first comprehensive guide to desktop computer security, he has presented information security seminars to numerous Fortune 100 companies.

A keynote speaker and conference chair at ecommerce conferences around the world, Stephen has been interviewed as a security expert by television and radio stations in the US, the UK, Scandinavia, Australia and Hong Kong, including the BBC News. Now based in Florida, Stephen is currently Senior V.P. of Education and Research at ePrivacy Group and Adjunct Professor of Information Assurance, Norwich University, teaching students in the Master of Science program, recognized by the NSA as a Center of Excellence in Information Assurance Education.

Stephen played a key role in the advancement and widespread adoption of firewall technology. He was responsible for the widely-distributed NCSA Firewall Policy Guide and the NCSA Firewall Buyer's Guide. He is a frequent contributor to leading industry publications. Founder of Cobb Associates, an independent international information technology consultancy, started in San Francisco in 1987, he served as Director of Special Projects for the National (now International) Computer Security Association from 1995 to 1997. He then partnered with Michael Miora at Miora Systems Consulting (MSC), along with David Brussin and Vincent Schiavone. This team transformed MSC into InfoSec Labs, a leading high-end information security consultancy with a Global 2000 client list. When InfoSec Labs was acquired in 1999 by Rainbow Technologies, Stephen stayed on for two years to aid with the transition.

After several years of being bi-coastal (D.C. and L.A.) and even bi-continental (North America and Australia) Stephen now spends most of his time in North Florida with his wife Chey Cobb, CISSP, who is also an author and security expert (she recently finished writing Network Security for Dummies and spent several years securing large, complex networks for U.S. intelligence agencies). While Chey enjoys boating and off-road racing, Stephen prefers canoeing and contemplating the swamp life that surrounds their cabin.