About the Authors

Vivek Santuka, CCIE No. 17621, joined Cisco TAC - Global Partner Delivery Management five years ago as a Customer Support Engineer in the AAA team. He then moved to a Technical Lead role and led a team of 15 engineers in resolving complicated AAA cases. He is currently working in the IPS signature development team. He holds two CCIEs, one in Security and the other in Routing and Switching. In addition to that, he holds a RHCE certification.

Premdeep Banga, CCIE No. 21713, joined Cisco TAC - Global Partner Delivery Management five years ago as a Customer Support Engineer in the AAA team where he was instrumental in training and mentoring of many new engineers. Prem has extensive knowledge of AAA technology and experience in real-life customer deployments. He is currently working in the IPS signature development team. He holds a CCIE in Security. In addition to that, he holds a SSCP certification.

Brandon J Carroll, CCIE No. 23837, is a Senior Technical Instructor and has been training in Cisco Related Technologies for more than nine years. Brandon has consulted on large enterprise and service provider networks. Brandon is the author of other Cisco Press titles and has attended St. Leo University. He holds a CCIE in Security.