Thomas Akin, Southeast Cybercrime Institute Thomas Akin is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) who has worked in Information Security for almost a decade. He is the founding director of the Southeast Cybercrime Institute where he also serves as chairman for the Institute's Board of Advisors. He is an active member of the Georgia Cybercrime Task Force where he heads up the Task Force's Education committee. Thomas also works with Atlanta's ISSA, InfraGard, and HTCIA professional organizations. Thomas has published several articles on Information Security and is the author of "Hardening Cisco Routers" from O'Reilly & Associates. He developed Kennesaw State Universities highly successful UNIX and Cisco training programs, and in addition to his security certifications, is also certified in Solaris, Linux, and AIX; is a Cisco Certified Academic Instructor (CCAI), and is a Certified Network Expert (CNX).