San Jose, CA
August 18th, 2008

The Security Consortium, a leader in security services and consulting, today announced that it has appointed Francisco Artes as a Trusted Advisor, effective immediately.

"Having Francisco join our team gives us a huge increase in our forensics and law enforcement support capabilities" said Dan Corcoran, TSC’s practice leader for the Trusted Advisors and VP of Technology Solutions.
Information security expert Francisco Artes joins The Security Consortium
TSC's council of Trusted Advisors is the team of senior consulting staff who actively lead and supervise client projects and engagements.

Francisco is a leading security expert and senior information security executive with a distinguished 15-year career. As Information Security Manager for Electronic Arts, he was responsible for all information security solutions and policies required to protect the intellectual property, e-commerce and on-line gaming networks for this $3.4 Billion corporation.

Francisco is an authority on penetration testing, incident response, computer forensics, security architecture and design, and encryption. He is the liaison for a number of government agencies, ISP’s and other entities during the course of all internal and external security investigations. He is an instructor on hacking and forensic security reviews for the FBI both in the field and at the FBI training facilities in Quantico, Virginia. Francisco has been the special guest of the Texas State Attorney General symposiums on Cybercrime and a speaker and subject matter expert on Anti-Piracy for the United States Attorney General.

About The Security Consortium:
The Security Consortium is a leading provider of security test, research, counsel and leadership services. As independent experts on network security products, applications and research, they maintain a security product knowledge base that provides insight into innovative products and trends while monitoring the track record of companies, investors, and executive staff.

Bringing together best-in-breed security experts from around the world, TSC's consortium of expertise is a strategic resource for bringing trust, integrity and assurance to products and IT operations.

TSC is a privately held company, founded in 2007 and based in San Jose California.