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Mitch Tulloch, MVP, is President of MTIT Enterprises, an IT content development company based in Winnipeg, Canada. Prior to starting his own company in 1998, Mitch worked as a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) for Productivity Point International. Mitch is a widely recognized expert on Windows administration, networking and security and has been repeatedly awarded Most Valuable Professional (MVP) status by Microsoft for his outstanding contributions in supporting users who deploy Microsoft platforms, products and solutions. Mitch is the author of over a dozen books including the Microsoft Encyclopedia of Networking and the Microsoft Encyclopedia of Security, and he has written over a hundred articles on the topics of Windows administration, networking, and security. He is a regular columnist on WindowsDevCenter.com and WindowsNetworking.com, contributes weekly editorials for IT World's Windows in the Enterprise newsletter, and writes for other popular sites including WindowsSecurity.com and Windows XP Expert Zone. Mitch has also written feature articles for industry magazines such as NetworkWorld, BizTech Magazine, and Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine, and his articles have been widely syndicated on sites ranging ComputerWorld to CNN. Mitch is also a professor at Jones International University (JIU) where he teaches graduate-level courses in Information Security Management (ISM) that he developed together with his wife Ingrid for the Masters of Business Administration (MBA) program at JIU. For more information about Mitch and his writing activities, see http://www.mtit.com.

Ingrid Tulloch (B.A., Cert.Ed.) is Vice President and Head of Research for MTIT Enterprises. Ingrid is co-author of the Microsoft Encyclopedia of Networking and primary researcher for the Microsoft Encyclopedia of Security. Ingrid is also a content expert for Jones International University (JIU) where she co-developed the four-course Information Security Management (ISM) specialization for the Masters of Business Administration (MBA) program.For more information, see http://www.mtit.com.