Dr. Carol A. Sledge is a senior member of the technical staff for the Networked Systems Survivability (NSS) Program at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI). The CERT^® Coordination Center is a part of this program. Sledge’s work with the NSS Program includes executive education and the investigation of enterprise management practices and strategies for survivable network management. In previous positions at the SEI, Sledge developed courses on, and investigated acquisition and management issues of CBS and open systems. Sledge has 22 years of experience managing the acquisition, development, and support of large, multi-platform system software product lines.