Vincent Nestler

Vincent Nestler, Ph.D. Vincent holds a doctoral degree in instructional design, a masters in both network security from Capitol College, and M.A.T. from Columbia University. He is the author of the Principles of Computer Security, Lab Manual, published by McGraw Hill. He is a network engineering consultant and technical trainer with over 20 years of experience in network administration and security. Dr. Nestler served as a Data Communications Maintenance Officer in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. During his service, he designed and implemented the training for Marines assigned to the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Computer Emergency Response Team. He also served as the Assistant Operations Officer (training) for the Joint Broadcast System, during its transition to DISA. Since 2007,Mr. Nestler has been integral to training Cyber Corps students at Idaho State University and at California State University, San Bernardino. He is the Primary Investigator for the NICE Challenge Project(nice-challenge.com) which develops real world hands-on scenarios that provide students with cybersecurity workforce experience before joining the workforce. Currently he is an assistant professor at California State University, San Bernardino. Dr. Nestler has held numerous professional certifications to include the Security+, Network+, and A+, ACE, MPE,MCSE,MCT, RHCE and others