DOUGLASG. CONORICHhas more than 30 years experience in the field of information security. For the past 15 years, he has been working with intrusion detection systems and incident response systems. He is currently the Global Solutions Manager for IBM Business Continuity and Recovery Services Managed Security Services. He was the manager of the IBM Vulnerability and Analysis Department and member of the IBM Worldwide Security Incident Response Team (SIRT). Previous to IBM, Conorich was the UNIX Product Manager and a Principal Consultant for AXENT Technologies (now Symantec). He helped develop and manage the installation of the UNIX portion of its Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) and Intruder Alert (ITA). He is a published author and holds B.S. and M.S. in degrees physics and additional undergraduate degrees in meteorology and computer science.