Russell Smith specializes in the management and security of Microsoft-based IT systems. In addition to being a Contributing Editor at the Petri IT Knowledgebase, Russell blogs for Netwrix, and is an instructor at Pluralsight. Russell has more than 14 years of experience in IT, and has written a book on Windows security, co-authored one for Microsoft's Official Academic Course (MOAC) series, and was a regular contributor at Windows IT Professional magazine.