Dan Verton is a senior writer and veteran investigative reporter in
Washington, D.C. His work has been featured on CNN, The History Channel,
PC World, Information Security Magazine, USA Today, and many other
media outlets.
He is the author of the recently published and highly acclaimed
book Black Ice: The Invisible Threat of Cyber-Terrorism (McGraw-Hill,
2003). Mr. Verton has presented a behind-the-scenes look at his
research into the high-tech future of terrorism to the U.S. Congress,
the Department of Homeland Security, the Air Force War College,
the U.S. Secret Service, and colleges and universities around the
country. His other work includes The Hacker Diaries: Confessions
of Teenage Hackers, published in 2002 by McGraw-Hill.
Mr. Verton is the winner of the 2003 Jesse H. Neal National Business
Journalism Award for Best News Coverage for a series of reports
on wireless network security threats at some of the nation's largest
airlines and airports. In addition to his book tour lectures, his
other public speaking credits include the United Nations, the Library
of Congress and many high-tech industry trade shows.
Mr. Verton is a former intelligence officer in the U.S. Marine
Corps, where he served as senior briefing officer for the Second
Marine Expeditionary Force and analyst in charge of the Balkans
Task Force during the crisis in Bosnia-Herzegovina from 1994-1996.
He is also a former imagery intelligence analyst with the U.S. Army
Reserve. He has a wide range of military and computer security training,
and has been responsible for training and access control of CIA
and Pentagon intelligence databases and systems.
As one of the leading technology journalists in the country, Mr.
Verton traveled around the world in 1999 and 2000 covering the NATO-led
war in Kosovo and the use of cyber war tactics by the U.S. military.
He has interviewed and written profiles of military cyber-warriors
and hackers from around the world, and has traveled with the U.S.
Secretary of Defense.
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