About Us

Here is some info about our authors:

Gwen Bettwy, President

Ms. Gwen Bettwy, CISSP, SSCP, is President of Tactical Security, Inc. located in the metropolitan Tampa Florida. Tactical Security, Inc. provides content development and knowledge product development services for the creation of Instructor Led Training (ILT), online, e-Learning training, and self-study knowledge products for IT security curriculums and courseware. TSI incorporates instructional design methodology in the creation of knowledge transfer solutions for professional training and certification programs. Ms. Bettwy is responsible for the Development P&L of TSI which consists of all curriculum, courseware, and content development projects for TSI. These include curriculums and courses where TSI owns the intellectual property as well as work for hire projects where TSI does not own the intellectual property.

Ms. Bettwy’s career and technical background over 15 years of technical engineering, technical management, and P&L management in the IT field. This experience includes wide area networking technologies such as Frame Relay/X.25, ATM, IP broadband networks, LAN/WAN internetworking, enterprise network management, and IT security. Currently, Ms. Bettwy is responsible for growing the Development P&L for TSI. These development professional services include: curriculum and courseware design, content development, online, e-Learning conversion, desktop publishing, and quality control for all TSI created curriculums, courseware, and content.

Prior to joining TSI, Ms. Bettwy was a Cisco Certified Systems Instructor (CCSI) teaching Cisco Internetworking and Security training courses throughout the world. Ms. Bettwy’s IT consulting experience includes a wide variety of IT technologies and systems/applications. Her expertise is in the design, creation, and program management of large-scale development projects for ILT, online, e-Learning, or self-study knowledge products. Currently, Ms. Bettwy is an (ISC)2 Certified Instructor and teaches the CISSP and SSCP CBK Review Seminars.

During the 1990’s, Ms. Bettwy worked with American Research Group, Inc. which was later acquired by Global Knowledge, Inc. Ms. Bettwy acted as various Product Line Managers for both organizations acting as the Course Director and Product Line Manager for various training curriculums and courses.

Mike Beevers, Vice President

Mr. Mike Beevers, CISSP is a Co-Founder and Vice President for Tactical Security, Inc. He presides over training, custom course development and content delivery of enterprise security courses. Mr. Beevers is a Certified Cisco Systems Instructor ( CCSI) and Authorized (ISC) 2 instructor. Since 1997, Mr. Beevers has been an Information Systems Security consultant and professional instructor teaching various Information Technology training courses specializing in IT security, advanced TCP/IP, LAN/WAN, Internetworking, and Patch Management.

As a lead consultant for TSI, Mr. Beevers creates, evaluates and implements enterprise security policy, practices and procedures as well as conducting enterprise security and vulnerability assessments. Mr. Beevers is currently working with a Boston based financial services company aiding in the creation of an enterprise security framework, which will enable the company to comply with current regulations and legislation. In 2006, Mr. Beevers worked with the State of Maryland performing a vulnerability assessment as well as testing and verifying the security functions of Maryland’s Online Voter Registration System.

Prior to co-founding TSI, Mr. Beevers owned and operated Computer Bytes of SMD. Inc., a corporation that provided IT consulting and training services. During the 10 years that Mr. Beevers operated Computer Bytes he also consulted with Security Evolutions Inc. where he helped design and implement the security architecture, IT infrastructure upgrade and Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Plan for the University of the Virgin Islands.

Mr. Beevers has over 20 years of IT and technology experience in telecommunications, LAN/WAN internetworking technologies, and IT Security. Mr. Beevers began his career in technology in the United States Navy as an Electronics Technician and later as an Electronics Warfare Operator specializing in electronic intelligence gathering. After his 9 years of military experience, Mr. Beevers worked for the DoD at the Air Combat Environment Test and Evaluation Facility (ACETEF) in Patuxent River Maryland. Following this work experience Mr. Beevers started his consulting firm, Computer Bytes of SMD. Inc. in 1997. Mr. Beevers has obtained the following professional certifications during his technical career: MCSE, CISSP, CCNA, CCSI, TICSA.

Mark Williams, Vice President – Consulting Services

Mr. Mark Williams, CISSP and (ISC)2 Certified Instructor, is a Vice President working in TSI’s Consulting Business Unit responsible for designing, supporting, and advising clients on IT security strategies . For the past 18 years, Mr. Williams has been in the field of technical engineering, IT technologies, and IT security. Mr. Williams has been a professional instructor for the past seven years teaching various IT technical training courses specializing in advanced TCP/IP, LAN/WAN, Internetworking, and IT security technologies. Mr. William’s professional teaching experience was obtained from contracted teaching assignments with the leading IT and IT security training companies in the world namely Global Knowledge, EnteraSys, Netarch, Foundstone, (ISC)2 and (ISC)2 Institute.

Currently, Mr. Williams is an (ISC)2 Certified Instructor and teaches the CISSP and SSCP CBK Review Seminars for (ISC)2 Institute. In addition, Mr. Williams provides consulting services for TSI’s IT Security Consulting business unit conducting vulnerability assessments, penetration tests, and IP-VPN designs and configurations.

Mr. Williams’s career and technical background covers 18 years of technical engineering and management in the IT field. This experience includes wide area networking technologies such as Frame Relay, ATM, IP broadband networks, LAN/WAN internetworking, enterprise network management, and IT security. During this career, Mr. Williams has held various certifications including Enterasys Systems Engineer (ESE), Enterasys Systems Certified Trainer (ESCT), Brocade Certified Fabric Professional (BCFP) and Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA).

Prior to establishing his own company as an independent IT security instructor and consultant, Mr. Williams worked as a defense contractor at the Air Combat Environment Test and Evaluation Facility (ACETEF) in Patuxent River, MD where he served as the Network Operations Manager and Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO). In this role, Mr. Williams was responsible for the design, implementation, configuration, security and day to day support for LAN/WAN network infrastructures ranging from unclassified to Top Secret level.

From 1986 to 1995, Mr. Williams proudly served as an Aviation Electronics Technician in the United States Navy. During his service, Mr. Williams supported numerous campaigns. The most notable of which include Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm and Operation Provide Comfort.