Author Archive for: pthermos

Peter has over 20+ years of experience in consulting and research in several areas of Information Security and Assurance and has held senior technical and management positions with Telcordia Technologies (previously known as Bellcore). During his career Peter conducted security research and provided cyber security advisory support for various commercial and government organizations including LTS, NIST, Federal Reserve Bank, Department of Labor, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, among others, and cyber preparedness for the Athens 2004 Olympics.

Peter has been the lead technical expert on various tasks (for commercial and government organizations) associated with information security and assurance including security risk assessments, incident response, standards and requirements development, network security architecture and organizational security strategy.

Peter’s professional experience is also demonstrated at conferences and workshops that he delivers across U.S. and Europe. He focuses in helping organizations understand the threats and risks that are associated with cyber security and cyber warfare.

Peter has published several articles and refereed-research papers in trade magazines and academic journals and he is the primary author of the book “Securing VoIP Networks” by Addison-Wesley.

Peter holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Columbia University, NY and he is an active member of IETF/IEEE/ACM.

Professional Areas of interest
Information Security and Assurance, Next Generation Networks/Emerging Technologies, Penetration Testing, Hardware/Software reverse engineering.