Bruce Middleton, CISSP, CEH, NSA IAM, and PMP, is a graduate of the University of Houston (BSEET), located in Houston, Texas, and of DeVry University (MBA).

Bruce has over 25 years of experience in the design and security of data communications networks. He began his career with the National Security Agency (NSA) while serving in the United States Army. He has worked on a number of extremely interesting projects for the intelligence community, Department of Defense, and other federal government agencies over the past three decades while working with government contractors such as Boeing, United Technologies, BAE Systems, Harris, and General Dynamics. Bruce was also a key player on the design/security of the communication system for NASA's International Space Station and a registered private detective in the state of Virginia.

Bruce is an international speaker on computer crime and has authored numerous articles for Security Management magazine and is a member of the FBI's InfraGard program. His latest venture for the past 5 years has been in the rail transportation industry with a global rail powerhouse named Alstom (Alstom.com), a French company headquartered in Paris, France, where Bruce served as the North American Regional Cyber Security Manager.