I would like to thank the many people who lent me their time and insight, helping make this a realistic scenario of a full-scale cyber event, including: Richard Marshall, former Global Director of Cybersecurity, US Department of Homeland Security; Curtis Levinson, United States Cyber Defense Liaison to NATO; Major Alex Aquino, Head of Cyber Operations, US Air Force Western Air Defense Sector; and Erik Montcalm, Director of Security Technologies, SecureOps.
A big thank-you to HarperCollins Canada—especially Lorissa Sengara, Noelle Zitzer, and copy editor Sue Sumeraj—for their hard work in getting CyberStorm ready for the world, as well as to my early-edition editor, Gabe Robinson, and to Allan Tierney and Pamela Deering, who also helped in the editing process.
Thank you to all my beta readers (and sorry I don’t have surnames for all of you): Adam, Adi, Alison Hodge, Amber, Amit, Ashvin, Barry Sax, Bill Mather, Bill Parker, Brian Lomax, Charles, Chrissie, Colby Zoeller, Craig Haseler, Daryl Clark, David King, Mrs. Dayfield, Ed Grbacz, Edwina, Erik Montcalm, Em, Harold Kelsey, Haydn Virtue, Hector, Jim Duchek, John Jarrett, Jon, Josh Brandoff, Joy Lu, Julie Parsons, Julie Schmidt, Junko, Justin, Kimmerie, Lance Barnett, Leonard, Leonardo, Lowell, Luke, Marjolein, Matt, Max Zaoui, Michelle, Mike, Mircea, Mog, Naveen, Niels Pedersenn, Niki, Or Shoham, Peter, Philip Graves, Rob Linxweiller, Robin, Sam Romero, Samantha, Shabnam Penry, Sohna Ravindran, Stefano, Tara, Tim McGregorus, Tom Giebel, Warrick Burgess, William, and William McClusky.
And last but most definitely not least, of course, my bright and beautiful girlfriend, Julie Ruthven, for putting up with all the late nights and missed walks with the dogs.