Carlos F. Lerma is a Senior Information Security Architect at Mars Inc, based in Chicago, IL. He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas (Ciudad Victoria, Mexico) and a Master of Science in Telecommunications and Network Management from Syracuse University. His research interests are cyber intelligence systems, threat management, SIEM systems and the use of strategic intelligence in information security management. The rest of his spare time is spent playing baseball and beer-league softball, serving as lead singer for the (now defunct) metal cover band “The Fat Vampires”, imbibing in as many craft beers as possible and hating the New York Yankees as well as the New England Patriots.