Digital Defense (PDF)

Indu B. Singh, Ph.D., is currently Vice President of Los Alamos Technical Associates (LATA) and head of its Washington, D.C. Operations. His responsibilities include expanding LATA's presence in the Security and Public Safety sectors, both domestically and internationally. He also serves as Executive Director of LATA's Global Institute for Security Training (GIST). Indu served as Director for Systems Engineering and WMD for Deloitte USA. Previously, he served as a Managing Partner at Bearing Point, a publicly traded company, prior to its acquisition by Deloitte Consulting.

Dr. Singh is considered a pioneer in the designing and implementing Smart Cities and Safe Cities around the world as well as Urban Security. In 2009 he joined with Dr. Pelton in writing Future Cities as a project for the Intelligent Community Forum headquartered in New York City. In 2014 he again teamed with Dr. Pelton to write The Safe City: Living Free in a Dangerous World. Dr. Singh has published several books on communications, IT systems and security and is a former faculty member of Rutgers University. He is also a former Strategic Director for James Martin and Associates, a global information engineering corporation. Dr. Singh is a recognized expert on solution engineering, health IT, cyber security and public safety.

Joseph N. Pelton, Ph.D., is the principal of Pelton Consulting International. He is the former Dean and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the International Space University and Director Emeritus of the Space and Advanced Communications Research Institute (SACRI) at George Washington University. Dr. Pelton was the Director of the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program at the University of Colorado from 1988 to 1997, and at the time it was the largest such graduate program in the U.S. He previously held various executive positions at Intelsat and Comsat, including serving as Director of Project SHARE and Director of Strategic Policy for Intelsat.

“Digital defense is a well-written, easy-to-follow, practical book, suitable for personal as well as professional use. … the authors also provide the necessary data to help us make better decisions regarding selecting vacation destinations and hotels or products by reading the reviews of other customers. … Overall, this is a useful handbook for daily digital life.” (Sandhya Jane, Computing Reviews, January, 2017)

“The goal of this helpful resource is to explain the importance of cybersecurity to anyone using a computer or mobile device. … The most valuable aspect is the authors’ holistic approach. … They present concepts in easily understood language, define potential threats, and describe concrete steps to defend against and reduce exposures. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates, two-year technical program students, and general readers.” (M. B. DuBois, Choice, Vol. 53 (10), June, 2016)

“Written for a general audience, with end-of-chapter references for the more technically and detail minded, readers will be pleased to place this excellent presentation on their bookshelves. … This excellent presentation is readable by novices. It is so well rounded that even a seasoned professional will be reminded of issues to address. … Readers will enjoy and learn from this book.” (Brad Reid, Computing Reviews, December, 2015)