Alan Boulanger is a security professional with over 17 years of experience and has provided his technical expertise to business, federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies on information security related issues. As a result of his efforts, Mr. Boulanger has received many awards and commendations from IBM Research and government Agencies. His research paper "Catapults and grappling hooks: The tools and techniques of information warfare" was used as part of the US Army Information Warfare curriculum and was required reading in many information security related college level courses.