Instructors

Alissa Torres is a certified SANS instructor, specializing in advanced computer forensics and incident response. Her industry experience includes serving in the trenches as part of the Mandiant Computer Incident Response Team (MCIRT) as an incident handler and working on a internal security team as a digital forensic investigator. She has extensive experience in information security, spanning government, academic, and corporate environments and holds a Bachelors degree from University of Virginia and a Masters from University of Maryland in Information Technology. Alissa has taught as an instructor at the Defense Cyber Investigations Training Academy (DCITA), delivering incident response and network basics to security professionals entering the forensics community. She has presented at various industry conferences and numerous B-Sides events. In addition to being a GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA), she holds the GCFE, GPEN, CISSP, EnCE, CFCE, MCT and CTT+.

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Type	Course / Location	Date	Register
Training Event	FOR508: Advanced Computer Forensic Analysis and Incident Response SANS Seattle 2013 Seattle, WA	Oct 7, 2013 - Oct 14, 2013
vLive	FOR508: Advanced Computer Forensic Analysis and Incident Response Online	Oct 8, 2013 - Nov 14, 2013
Community SANS	FOR526: Windows Memory Forensics In-Depth Community SANS Rogers Rogers, AR	Oct 28, 2013 - Nov 1, 2013
Training Event	FOR508: Advanced Computer Forensic Analysis and Incident Response SANS San Diego 2013 San Diego, CA	Nov 18, 2013 - Nov 23, 2013
vLive	FOR526: Windows Memory Forensics In-Depth Online	Dec 3, 2013 - Jan 16, 2014
Training Event	FOR526: Windows Memory Forensics In-Depth SANS Cyber Defense Initiative 2013 Washington, DC	Dec 12, 2013 - Dec 19, 2013
Training Event	FOR508: Advanced Computer Forensic Analysis and Incident Response SANS Scottsdale Scottsdale, AZ	Feb 17, 2014 - Feb 22, 2014
Training Event	FOR526: Windows Memory Forensics In-Depth SANS DFIRCON 2014 Monterey, CA	Mar 5, 2014 - Mar 10, 2014
Simulcast	FOR526: Windows Memory Forensics In-Depth Online	Mar 5, 2014 - Mar 9, 2014

*Course contents may vary depending upon location, see specific event description for details.