Craig Heffner has been working in information technology with jobs ranging from technical support to systems administration to web development and has published numerous security papers, programs and advisories in his free time. His primary programming languages of choice are C, assembly and Perl. His column is aimed squarely at those in the InfoSec field who are tired of hearing that you truly can't be a security professional without knowing how to code.

Welcome (back) to the family, Craig!