Biographical sketch of author

James J. Whitmore   IBM Corporation, 5267 East Simpson Ferry Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055 (electronic mail: whitmore@us.ibm.com). Mr. Whitmore is currently a senior consulting IT architect within the IBM Global Services Security and Privacy competency segment. His professional career includes 17 years in networking and information systems security at IBM, along with prior IT experience in the electric utility industry and the U.S. government. He holds an M.S. degree in telecommunications management and a B.S. degree in electrical engineering, both from the University of Maryland. Mr. Whitmore is a member of both IEEE and the ACM.