The Journal of Law and Cyberwarfare is pleased to have a peer committee composed of the leading cyberwarfare practitioners and experts. Our committee is made of scholars, lawyers, government officials, military experts, business specialists, and others from across the globe.

Patrick Gray joined Cisco Systems as its Principal Security Strategist after serving as the Director of X-Force Operations, Office of the Chief Technology Officer, Internet Security Systems, Inc. (ISS). Gray also comes to Cisco Systems after twenty years of service with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.As a result of his service with the FBI, and the Internet Threat Intelligence Center, he has first-hand knowledge of the hacking community, its aims and methodologies as they attack government, ecommerce, energy and financial entities relentlessly. [Learn More About Mr. Gray] 

Russel Walker (Chief Information Security Office, Sony Network Entertainment Int’l)

Russell Walker is currently employed as the CISO for SONY Network Entertainment International Inc. (SNEI).  SNEI manages and builds the SONY “Network Platform” that host the various SONY online properties which include the Playstation Network, eBooks store to name some.  There are in excess of 40 million user of the properties that reside on the network platform. [Learn More about Mr. Walker]

Thomas A. Johnson (CEO, Forensic Data Center)

Thomas A. Johnson, Ph.D., is co-founder and chairman of the board of directors of the California Sciences Institute, and also serves as a member of the hoard of directors of the SANS Technology Institute. Dr. Johnson is one of the founding partners of the Forensic Data Center, a company focused on computer forensics. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Michigan State University and a doctorate from the University of California — Berkeley. [Learn More about Mr. Johnson]

George Hill (Director of Infrastructure Operations, TASC Inc.)

George Hull is the Director of Infrastructure Operations for TASC, Inc.  George is a senior engineering leader with substantial expertise in systems engineering, enterprise and systems architecture, information assurance, information sharing, communications and IP network design and military operations. Since joining TASC in May 2005, George has supported several customers in the U.S. Intelligence Community including his most recent assignment as a Line of Business Manager in support of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Chief Information Officer. [Learn More about Mr. Hull]

Alan Roper (Principal, Roper Consulting Services)

Mr. Roper has an extensive background (25+ years) in ethics & business conduct, compliance, managing and conducting complex and sensitive investigations, security, and threat assessment/management activities. Most recently, he managed all facets of the Boeing Space & Intelligence Systems Ethics and Business Code of Conduct Program. [Learn More about Mr. Roper]

Gus Dimitrelos (President, CyberForensics360)

Gus Dimitrelos currently conducts cyber-audits and investigations, eDiscovery, vulnerability assessments and cellular/computer forensics for numerous U.S. Government Agencies, Fortune 500 Corporations, law enforcement agencies, and private law firms. Mr. Dimitrelos’s cyber investigations have been featured in numerous newspaper, TV media and worldwide magazine publications, including the cyber-stalking investigation targeting the lead singer of the rock band Linkin Park, which was featured in Wired Magazine, June 2007 and Esquire Magazine – International, December 2007. [Learn More about Mr. Dimitrelos]

Alex Carrillo(Operations Leader, Foundry Conferencing and Facilitation)

Alex Carrillo is chairman of the San Diego Maritime Security Committee, Intelligence Subcommittee. Mr. Carillo is also the operations lead for Foundry Conferencing and Facilitation, LLC. Foundry focuses on educating law enforcement, the intelligence community and private security officers about cyberterrorism threats launched by agents based at home and abroad. [Learn More about Mr. Carillo]

Dick Crowell (Associate Professor, US Naval College)

Dick Crowell is an associate professor of joint military operations at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.  He specializes in Information Operations and Cyberspace Operations. Additionally, he serves the Naval War College as the College of Naval Warfare coordinator for Contemporary Operating Environments. Professor Crowell is a retired naval aviator with nearly 30 years of experience and he serves on the editorial board of the Information Operations Journal. [Learn More about Mr. Crowell]

Jonathan E. Turner (Managing Director, Wilson & Turner Inc.)

Mr. Turner is a Managing Director with Wilson & Turner Incorporated, where he specializes in the prevention and detection of financial fraud and employee crime issues. Prior to co-founding WTI, he served in investigations management positions with regional, national and international investigations firms, with operational responsibility for thousands of investigations. Mr. Turner is an expert in the investigation and documentation of financial fraud and computer crime matters. Mr. Turner is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), a Certified International Investigator (CII), and is licensed as a private investigator. [Learn More about Mr. Turner]

Jeff Bardin (Chief Security Strategist, Treadstone 71)

Mr. Bardin was a founding member of the Cloud Security Alliance; is a member of the Cyber Security Forum Initiative and the RSA Conference Submission Selection Committee. Mr. Bardin served in the USAF as a cryptologic linguist (overseas and at the NSA), the USANG as an officer.  He has BA in Special Studies – Middle East Studies & Arabic Language from Trinity College as well as a MS in Information Assurance from Norwich University.  He is also a professor of masters programs in cyber intelligence, counterintelligence, crime and terrorism  at Utica College and information security at Clark University. Jeff also holds the CISSP, CISM and NSA-IAM certifications. [Learn More about Mr. Bardin]

David Harvey (Judge, New Zealand District Court)

Judge David Harvey has been a Judge of the New Zealand District Court for 22 years. Following his appointment in 1989 he was involved in various initiatives to provide computer based and electronic systems support for the New Zealand judiciary. For the last 12 years Judge Harvey has lectured in Law and Information Technology at the Faculty of Law, University of Auckland. Judge Harvey has presided over a number of cases involving law and information technology during his time on the bench and his opinion in Dept of Internal Affairs v Mediaworks Ltd was the first New Zealand decision released in wholly digital format with embedded multimedia. [Learn More about Judge Harvey]

Joseph Weiss(Applied Control Solutions, LLC )

Joseph Weiss is an industry expert on control systems and electronic security of control systems, with more than 35 years of experience in the energy industry. Mr. Weiss spent more than 14 years at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) where he led a variety of programs. Mr. Weiss was involved in the development of, and participated in, the April 2002 White House Conference on CIP – “Developing Secure Digital/Electronic Process Control Systems for the Nation’s Critical Infrastructures.” He was an invited speaker at the NIST/NSA Information Security Summit. He has provided oral and written testimony to three House subcommittees, one Senate Committee, and a formal statement for the record to another House Committee. He has also responded to numerous Government Accountability Office (GAO) information requests on cyber security and Smart Grid issues. [Learn more about Joseph Weiss]