Mr. Michael Gregg is the president of Superior Solutions, Inc., a Houston based IT security consulting firm. His organization performs security assessments and penetration testing for fortune 1000 firms. He has more than 20 years experience in the IT field. He is an expert on security, networking, and Internet technologies. He holds two associate’s degrees, a bachelor’s degree, and a master’s degree.
He presently maintains the following certifications: CISSP, CISA, MCSE, MCT, CTT+, A+, N+, Security+, CNA, CCNA, CIW Security Analyst, CCE, CEH, CHFI, CEI, DCNP, ES Dragon IDS, ES Advanced Dragon IDS, and TICSA.
He has consulted and led assessment activities for many organizations including Alaska Communications System, Nortel, Motorola, Adaptec, Lucent, Fidelity, Kaiser Medical, Southwestern Bell Corp, and Federal and State Governmental agencies such as the FBI and DoD.
While consulting consumes a large amount of Michael’s time, he enjoys teaching. Michael has a proven reputation as both a dynamic and influential speaker. His delivery style is considered energetic and entertaining, yet insightful. He focuses on real-life examples and uses analogies to meet his learning objectives. Michael has spoken at major security, technology, and educational conferences including ISC2’s Security Leadership Conference, ISACA’s Training Conference, TAET Educational Conference, Government Technology Conference (GTC), and DataMark’s Security Conference.
Books authored or co-authored by Michael Gregg include, Que CISSP Exam Cram Questions, Que CISSP Exam Cram 2, Sam’s Inside Network Security Assessment, Que CEH Exam Prep 2, Syngress Hack the Stack, Sybex Security Administrators Street Smarts, Syngress Emerging Threat Analysis 2006, Syngress CHFI Study Guide, Que CISA Exam Prep 2, Syngress Security + Study Guide, Syngress Open Source Security Tools, Syngress Emerging Threat Analysis 2008, and Wiley’s How to Build Your Own Network Security Lab.
Michael has also led the development of more than 15 training classes and courses used by training vendors, developers, colleges, and universities such as: Advanced Security Boot Camp, Ethical Hacking, Professional Hacking Boot Camp, Inside Risk Assessment, Introduction to Network Security, Mastering Security, and Advanced Security Concepts. He is also an Expert Q&A for TechTarget.com web sites including SearchNetworking, SearchMobilNetworking, and SearchSMB. He answers questions from inquisitive readers. He also serves on the TechTarget Editorial Board of Advisors.
He is a member of the American College of Forensic Examiners, the Independent Computer Consulting Association, and the Texas Association for Educational Technology. Michael enjoys giving back to the community and as for his most recent community project; he served as an unpaid consultant to help develop the first certification program for the AISD High School.
