| Lisa Phifer is Vice President of Core Competence, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in network, security, and management technology. Core Competence produces The Internet Security Conference (TISC), (www.tisc2002.com) an annual symposium for network security professionals. Phifer has been involved in the design, implementation, and evaluation of data communications, internetworking, security, and management products for 20 years. She teaches at industry conferences and has written extensively about a wide variety of network infrastructure and security technologies, including monthly columns at ISP-Planet and searchNetworking. Areas of expertise include remote access and wireless technologies, virtual private networking, and network administration. |