SANS 2013

Alissa Torres

• Certified

Alissa Torres is a certified SANS Instructor and Incident Handler at Mandiant, finding evil on a daily basis. She previously worked as a security researcher at KEYW Corporation, leading research and development initiatives in forensic and offensive methodologies and is co-founder of Torrora, LLC, a forensics consulting company. Prior to KEYW, Alissa performed digital forensic investigations and incident response for a large contractor in the Defense Industrial Base. Alissa began her career in information security as a Communications Officer in the United States Marine Corps and is a graduate of University of Virginia and University of Maryland. As an accomplished instructor, Alissa has taught for various government agencies on topics to include digital forensics, incident response, and offensive methodologies, and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences. In addition to being a GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA), she holds the GCFE, GPEN, CISSP, EnCE, CFCE, MCT and CTT+.

Listen to Alissa discuss "Finding Unknown Malware" in this SANS webcast that every DFIR professional should listen to.

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