A former Justice Department Counter-Espionage and Counter-Terrorist Regional Coordinator, Bill Cook is a Chairman of the Business Continuity and Security Practice at Wildman Harrold. For more than fifteen years, Cook has been involved in every aspect of this developing area. He has testified before congress and drafted model business compliance standards on various business continuity and security issues. He also has met with the National Security Council at the White House to discuss these issues. In October 2003, he spoke at the General Accounting Office on information security laws, how to protect critical infrastructure information, and new security technology ideas. Cook has also served as an expert witness on Internet and computer law before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee and Federal Communications Commission.
He has delivered more than 500 presentations on online law and liability issues, and is the author of numerous articles. He also co-authored a Committee Report, "Critical Infrastructure Protection and the Law" for the National Academy of Engineering's National Research Council.
He was formerly an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Justice Department where he headed up the federal government's first computer fraud and abuse task force, and served as an infantry platoon leader in the U.S. Army. For that service, he was awarded three Bronze Stars, two Purple Hearts, two Army Commendation Medals and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry.