Lisa Phifer
Owner, Core Competence Inc.
Lisa Phifer owns Core Competence Inc., a consulting firm specializing in network security and management technology. She has been involved in the design, implementation and evaluation of networking, security and management products for over 20 years. At Core Competence, she has advised companies large and small regarding security needs, product assessment and the use of emerging technologies and best practices. Before joining Core Competence, Phifer was a member of the technical staff at Bell Communications Research, where she won a president's award for her work on ATM network management. Phifer teaches about wireless LANs, mobile security and VPNs at many industry conferences and webinars. She has written extensively about network infrastructure and security technologies for numerous publications, including SearchNetworking.com, SearchSecurity.com, Wi-Fi Planet, ISP-Planet, Business Communications Review and Information Security Phifer's monthly WLAN Advisor column is published by SearchMobileComputing.com.