Pete Lindstrom is a cyber strategist, innovator, and economist with Drake Software. He has extensive expertise in cybersecurity but is best known as an authority on strategic cybersecurity topics such as metrics, estimating risk, and measuring the benefit of security programs. He focuses on applying these core economic and risk management principles to new cybersecurity architectures and platforms. 

Pete has over 25 years of industry experience as an IT auditor (PwC), IT security practitioner (Wyeth), and industry analyst (IDC). Pete served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps and received a bachelor’s degree in business administration (Finance) from the University of Notre Dame. 

Gail Perry is the editor-in-chief of CPA Practice Advisor. A veteran of accounting journalism, she also speaks at many accounting events, trade shows, and webinars. Gail is the author of over 30 books (including Mint.com For Dummies, The Idiot’s Guide to Introductory Accounting, and Surviving Financial Downsizing: A Practical Guide to Living Well on Less Income), and she maintains a small tax practice. Gail is a graduate of Indiana University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism. She returned to school to study accounting at Illinois State University, earned her CPA, and worked for Deloitte in Chicago for several years as a state and local tax accountant. She has taught introductory accounting and personal finance courses, and she is a former computer applications instructor at the Indiana CPA Society. Gail is a member of the AICPA’s PFS Credential Committee.