About the Authors
Prashant Verma, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) is a Sr.
Practice Manager—Security Testing at Paladion Networks. Information security has been
his interest and research area for the past 10 years. He has been involved with mobile
security since 2008. One of his career achievements has been to establish mobile security as
a service at Paladion Networks.
He loves to share his knowledge, research, and experience via training, workshops, and
guest lectures. He has spoken at premier global security conferences such as OWASP Asia
Pacific 2012 in Sydney and RSA Conference Asia Pacific and Japan 2014 in Singapore. He
has shared his knowledge via webinars and trainings.
He is primary security consultant for leading financial institutions.
His banking security experience was translated into his co-authored book Security Testing
Handbook for Banking Applications, IT Governance Publishing. He has written articles for
Hacki9 and Palizine Magazine.
Beyond mobile platforms, he holds expertise in various other areas of InfoSec, such as
Security Testing, Security Management and Consulting. He has occasionally, analyzed
security incidents and cybercrimes. He has conducted assessments for organizations
globally at multiple locations. He is a subject matter expert and his work has earned him a
distinguished position with his customers.
He can be contacted at verma.prashantkumar@gmail.com. His Twitter handle is
@prashantverma21. He occasionally writes on his personal blog at
www.prashantverma21.blogspot.in.
I would like to thank my parents, my wife, my sister, and my colleagues and friends for supporting
and encouraging me for this book.
