Instructors

Ed Skoudis is the founder of Counter Hack Challenges, an innovative organization that designs, builds, and operates popular infosec challenges and simulations including NetWars, Cyber Quests, and Cyber Foundations. Ed's expertise includes hacker attacks and defenses, the information security industry, and computer privacy issues, with over fifteen years of experience in information security. Ed authored and regularly teaches the SANS courses on network penetration testing (Security 560) and incident response (Security 504), helping over three thousand information security professionals each year improve their skills and abilities to defend their networks. He has performed numerous security assessments; conducted exhaustive anti-virus, anti-spyware, Virtual Machine, and IPS research; and responded to computer attacks for clients in financial, high technology, healthcare, and other industries.

Ed conducted a demonstration of hacker techniques against financial institutions for the United States Senate and is a frequent speaker on issues associated with hacker tools and defenses. He has published numerous articles on these topics as well as the Prentice Hall best sellers Counter Hack Reloaded and Malware: Fighting Malicious Code. Ed was also awarded 2004-2012 Microsoft MVP awards for Windows Server Security and is an alumnus of the Honeynet Project. Previously, Ed served as a security consultant with InGuardians, International Network Services (INS), Global Integrity, Predictive Systems, SAIC, and Bell Communications Research (Bellcore). Ed also blogs about command line tips.

Type	Course / Location	Date	Register
Training Event	SEC560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking SANSFIRE 2013 Washington, DC	Jun 14, 2013 - Jun 22, 2013
Summit	SEC560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking SANS Pen Test Hackfest Training Event and Summit Washington, DC	Nov 7, 2013 - Nov 14, 2013
Training Event	SEC560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking Network Security 2013 Las Vegas, NV	Sep 14, 2013 - Sep 23, 2013
Simulcast	SEC560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking Online	Sep 16, 2013 - Sep 21, 2013

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