Joel Weise has worked in the field of information security for over 35 years. As an information security practitioner he designs, architects, and engineers system and application security solutions for a range of different enterprises. Joel is also a leading expert on legal and regulatory issues as they relate to information security. He is a founding member of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), the chairman of the ISSA Journal Editorial Advisory Board, and a member of and Subject Matter Expert for the American Bar Association Science and Technology working committee. His other interests include the elaboration of adaptive security, complex adaptive systems, security governance, security maturity modeling and privacy.