Derek Fisher has been in the engineering field for several decades. He has extensive experience designing systems in both hardware and software at companies large and small. He became interested in security and pursued a graduate degree in cybersecurity from Boston University as well as obtained several security certifications. He continues to work professionally as an architect, leader, university instructor, and evangelist in the security space. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences where he provides his security insight to multiple fields and disciplines. His passion has been to take complex security topics and make them simple and easy to consume. As he raises his own daughter as a digital native, he has seen the opportunity to take his understanding of the security field and provide his insight to both parents and children through this book series.