Charles P. Pfleeger is an independent consultant specializing in computer
and information system security. Among his responsibilities are threat and vulnerability
analysis, system design review, certification preparation, training, expert witness testimony, and general security advice. His customers include government and commercial clients throughout the world.
Dr. Pfleeger was previously a Master Security Architect on the staff of the
Chief Security Officer of Cable and Wireless, and Exodus Communications, and before that he was a Senior Computer Scientist
and Director of Research for Arca Systems, Director of European Operations for Trusted Information Systems, Inc. (TIS), and
a professor in the Computer Science Department of the University of Tennessee.
Dr. Pfleeger was chair of the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on
Security and Privacy from 1997-1999 and has been a member of the executive council of that committee since 1995. He is on
the board of reviewers for Computers and Security, a book review editor for IEEE Security and Privacy, and the
board of advisors for OWASP, the Open Web Application Security Project.
Dr. Pfleeger has lectured throughout the world and published numerous papers
and books. His book Security in Computing (of which the fourth edition—co-authored with Dr. Shari Lawrence
Pfleeger—was published in October 2006) is the standard college textbook in computer security. He is the author of other
books and articles on technical computer security and computer science topics.
He holds a Ph.D. degree in computer science from The Pennsylvania State University
and a B.A. with honors in mathematics from Ohio Wesleyan University. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional
(CISSP).
