Ben Rothke

Ben Rothke, CISSP, CISA is an information security manager with Wyndham Worldwide (note that all comments are exclusively his and not that of Wyndham Worldwide) and has over 15 years of industry experience in information systems security and privacy.

His areas of expertise are in risk management and mitigation, security and privacy regulatory issues, design & implementation of systems security, encryption, cryptography and security policy development, with a specialization in the financial services and aviation sectors.

Ben is the author of Computer Security - 20 Things Every Employee Should Know (McGraw-Hill), and writes a monthly security book review for Security Management and is a former columnist for Information Security, Unix Review and Solutions Integrator magazines.

Ben is also a frequent speaker at industry conferences, such as CSI, RSA, MISTI, NetSec and ISACA and holds the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), and also CGEIT and CISA, and is a member of ASIS, CSI, Society of Payment Security Professionals and InfraGard.