Instructors

Founder of ThinkSec, a security consulting and CISO advisory firm. Previously, as CISO at the SANS Institute, Frank led the information risk function for the most trusted source of computer security training and certification in the world. With the SANS Institute, Frank continues to lead the management and software security curricula, helping to develop the next generation of security leaders.

Frank was also executive director of cybersecurity at Kaiser Permanente where he built an innovative security program to meet the unique needs of the nation's largest not-for-profit health plan and integrated health care provider with annual revenue of $60 billion, 10 million members, and 175,000 employees.

Frank holds degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and is the author of popular courseware on strategic planning, leadership, and application security.

"Frank provided great real world examples of attacks, course material, and quality. This is the best secure development course I have come across taught by a great instructor with top teaching skills and time management." - Andreas Hegna, Storebrand Livsforsikring AS

"Frank is a very engaging speaker and brings the examples in the class that can actually be used in real world scenarios." - Anthony Head, University of Richmond