Allan Liska.

Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska, Ransomware Specialist

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With more than 20 years of experience in ransomware and information security, Allan Liska has improved countless organizations’ security posture using more effective intelligence. Liska provides ransomware-related counsel and key recommendations to major global corporations and government agencies, sitting on national ransomware task forces and speaking at global conferences. Liska has worked as both a security practitioner and an ethical hacker at Symantec, iSIGHT Partners, FireEye, and Recorded Future. Regularly cited in The Washington Post, Bloomberg, The New York Times, and NBC News, he is a leading voice in ransomware and intelligence security. Liska has authored numerous books including:

• The Practice of Network Security 

• Building an Intelligence-Led Security Program

• Securing NTP: A Quickstart Guide

• Ransomware: Defending Against Digital Extortion

• DNS Security: Defending the Domain Name System

• Ransomware: Understand.Prevent.Recover

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He is also the founder of Green Archer Comics and the creator of the Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar comic.