Cybervetting ― Internet Searches for Vetting, Investigations, and Open-source Intelligence, Second Edition

The Snowden intelligence leak and the recent Navy Yard shooting have cast a bright light on what employers and background companies do to vet their employees. This second edition includes about 25 percent new information providing the latest tactics and guidelines for proper use of Internet vetting, investigations, and open-source intelligence on the Internet. The author outlines new tools and tactics to legally comb the Internet for any and all information on individuals to screen current and prospective employees. The book includes outcomes of recent legal cases relating to discoverable information on social media.

Edward J. Appel, Sr.

Professional Qualifications

Employment

Principal and Proprietor, iNameCheck (July 2005 – Present) www.inamecheck.com

Services including investigations, consulting, intelligence, research and training in background vetting, Internet searching, insider threat, personnel security and strategies for private companies, government, legal practices, law enforcement, academia and other organizations. Systems for comprehensive Internet searching, open-source intelligence analysis and reporting provided through subsidiary Cybervetting LLC.

Consultant, Defense Personnel Security Research Center (PERSEREC), through Northrop

Grumman (2004-Present)

Consulting, research, studies, presentations and writing in policies, insider threat, counterintelligence, personnel security, Internet vetting, risk management and security management for DOD, US government agencies, business and law enforcement

President, SECTA LLC, a consulting practice (1997 – 2008)

Consultation, training, education, research, writing and services for business, government and academia in strategy, global risk management, threat assessment, risk mitigation, metrics, security organization, counterintelligence, counter-terrorism, intellectual property protection, network security, information security, policy development, investigations, economic espionage and computer security; Clients included Institute for Security and Public Policy, Northeastern University College of Criminal Justice, Verdasys, Inc., ICG, Inc., National Critical Infrastructure Center, FBI, National Counterintelligence Center, CIA, Palm, 3Com, Lockheed-Martin Federal Systems, EDS, several Fortune 500 firms.

President and COO, Joint Council on Information Age Crime (Jan. 2002 – Dec. 2006)

Foster and facilitate public-private sector collaboration to prevent and respond to high-tech crimes, including training, research, publications, web site and project management,

supporting International Association of Chiefs of Police, High Tech Crime Investigation Association, International Electronic Security Group, ASIS International, National White Collar Crime Center and Technology Asset Protection Association, law enforcement, private security, government and academia.

Director, Global Security Operations, Level 3 Communications, Inc., Broomfield, CO (a global fiber optic network services provider) (July 1999 – Jan. 2002)

Security management of worldwide network systems and physical security operations, including access control, network systems security, upgrading organizational capabilities, threat assessment of over 400 sites and thousands of global network systems. Director, Security Products & Services with responsibility for security product marketing and security awareness. Accomplishments included building the first global security organization for this new, multi-billion dollar company; analyses and threat assessments of facilities and network systems; process development; hiring, firing, direction and assignment of directors and staff of physical and network security and privacy; daily tactical direction of security operations; development of metrics and return on investment measures for continuous process improvement of security organizations; security products & services evaluations; market segment development. Developed security strategy and executed plans for new broadband fiber optic network.

Vice President (Government Markets, Security) CertCo, Inc., New York, NY (May 1997 – July 1999)

Government relations and business development for products and services in e-commerce, public key infrastructure, risk management, consulting and corporate security; participated in development of Identrus (multi-bank business-to-business electronic

transaction system). Accomplishments included helping build a risk management model for bank and business systems for