Angela Orebaugh is a technology futurist and thought leader with a focus in cybersecurity. She is an internationally recognized author of best selling technology books including Syngress' Wireshark and Ethereal

Wireshark

Wireshark is a free and open-source packet analyzer. It is used for network troubleshooting, analysis, software and communications protocol development, and education...

 Network Protocol Analyzer Toolkit and Ethereal Packet Sniffing. She is an invited speaker at a variety of cybersecurity conferences and technology events including the SANS Institute

SANS Institute

The SANS Institute is a private US company that specializes in internet security training. It was founded in 1989, provides computer security training, professional certification through Global Information Assurance Certification , and a research archive - the SANS Reading Room...

 and Institute for Applied Network Security.

She currently serves as a cyber technology advisor and consultant for commercial and government clients. She is involved with several National Institute of Standards and Technology

National Institute of Standards and Technology

The National Institute of Standards and Technology , known between 1901 and 1988 as the National Bureau of Standards , is a measurement standards laboratory, otherwise known as a National Metrological Institute , which is a non-regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerce...

 (NIST) security initiatives including the authoring of security special publications, the National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

The National Vulnerability Database is the U.S. government repository of standards based vulnerability management data represented using the Security Content Automation Protocol . This data enables automation of vulnerability management, security measurement, and compliance...

 (NVD), Security Content Automation Protocol

Security Content Automation Protocol

The Security Content Automation Protocol is a method for using specific standards to enable automated vulnerability management, measurement, and policy compliance evaluation . The National Vulnerability Database is the U.S...

 (SCAP) project, and electronic voting security standards development.

Ms. Orebaugh is an Adjunct Professor for George Mason University

George Mason University

George Mason University is a public university based in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, south of and adjacent to the city of Fairfax. Additional campuses are located nearby in Arlington County, Prince William County, and Loudoun County...

 where she performs research and development in cyber security. At GMU she developed and teaches the Intrusion Detection curriculum for the Masters of Computer Forensics in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Her research includes peer-reviewed publications in the areas of intrusion detection

Intrusion detection

In Information Security, intrusion detection is the act of detecting actions that attempt to compromise the confidentiality, integrity or availability of a resource. When Intrusion detection takes a preventive measure without direct human intervention, then it becomes an Intrusion-prevention...

 and prevention, data mining

Data mining

Data mining , a relatively young and interdisciplinary field of computer science is the process of discovering new patterns from large data sets involving methods at the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning, statistics and database systems...

, attacker profiling, user behavior analysis, behavioral biometrics, cyber psychology, and network forensics

Network forensics

Network forensics is a sub-branch of digital forensics relating to the monitoring and analysis of computer network traffic for the purposes of information gathering, legal evidence, or intrusion detection. Unlike other areas of digital forensics, network investigations deal with volatile and...

.

Ms. Orebaugh's other interests include fitness, nutrition, environmental science, and sustainability.

Published works

Ms. Orebaugh has numerous books published in information security:

Books

• Orebaugh, A. et al. How to Cheat at Configuring Open Source Security Tools , Syngress Publishing, ISBN 9781597491709, 2007.
• Orebaugh, A. et al. Nmap in the Enterprise, Syngress Publishing, ISBN 9781597492416, 2008.
• Orebaugh, A. et al. Wireshark & Ethereal Network Protocol Analyzer Toolkit, Syngress Publishing, ISBN 9781597490733, 2006.
• Orebaugh, A., Biles, S., Babbin, J., Snort Cookbook, OReilly Publishing, ISBN 0596007914, 2005.
• Orebaugh, A., Rash, M., Babbin, J. and Pinkard, B., Intrusion Prevention and Active Response: Deploying Network and Host IPS, Syngress Publishing, ISBN 9781932266474, 2005.
• Orebaugh, A., Ethereal Packet Sniffing, Syngress Publishing, Boston, MA., ISBN 1932266828, 2004.

External links

• Securityknox — home page