Without all of you, this book would not have been possible.

First and foremost I would like to thank my family, especially my wife and daughters, Nicole, Chloe, and Chelsea Laskowski. Thank you so much for giving me the time to write this book. My brother, Andrew Lahser, for the initial inspiration and helping set the vision. To my father and mother, Michael Laskowski, and Andrea Soultanian, for the motivation to work on this book. My sister, Michele Laskowski, for creativeness.

I would like to thank a number of IBMers for the design of this book. To my bosses, Bradley Lewis and Joseph Noonen for your dedication, guidance and support in the publishing of this book. Sussan Vissar for your hard work connecting this book with Packt publishing. I would like to thank Dean Phillips, Susan Brule-Haefele, Kristin Lovejoy, Jeff Crume, Doug Lahsmit, Mary Ellen Zurko, Steven Bade, Calvin Powers, and everyone on the IBM SAB steering committee in the technical guidance, review, and feedback on this book.

Thank you to Packt publishing for making this book a reality. Thank you Rashmi Phadnis and Ajay Shanker for your time in publishing and editing of this book. Thank you Joel Goveya and James Lumsden for your help in organizing and publishing Agile IT Security Implementation Methodology.