Instructors

Director, EMEA at SANS and Director of Technology Strategy at security firm Sophos. James comes from a background in cryptography but over the years has worked in a wide variety of security problem domains including anti-malware and hacking. James spent many years as a hands-on analyst dealing with deep technical issues and is a self-professed "massive geek". Eventually James escaped dark rooms and learned some social skills, and today is a keen presenter at conferences and industry events. With a wide range of experience working in a technical and a strategic capacity from incident response to forensics with some of the world's largest and most paranoid organisations James participates in industry panels, policy groups, and is a frequently-called-upon expert advisor all over the world. James is a frequent guest lecturer and often appears in the media including national TV. As a young spokesperson for the industry James is extremely passionate about talent development and participates in initiatives to identify new talent for the industry and to develop it. Ask James to show you his best geek party trick.

Type	Course / Location	Date	Register
Summit	SEC660: Advanced Penetration Testing, Exploits, and Ethical Hacking SANS Pen Test Hackfest Training Event and Summit Washington, DC	Nov 7, 2013 - Nov 14, 2013
Training Event	SEC504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling SANS Dubai 2013 Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Oct 26, 2013 - Nov 7, 2013
Training Event	SEC560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking SANS Dubai 2014 Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Jan 25, 2014 - Jan 30, 2014
Training Event	SEC504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling SANS Munich 2014 Munich, Germany	Mar 31, 2014 - Apr 5, 2014
Community SANS	SEC504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling Community SANS Paris @ LEXSI SEC 504 Paris, France	Oct 14, 2013 - Oct 18, 2013
Training Event	SEC580: Metasploit Kung Fu for Enterprise Pen Testing SANS London 2013 London, United Kingdom	Nov 16, 2013 - Nov 25, 2013
Training Event	SEC660: Advanced Penetration Testing, Exploits, and Ethical Hacking SANS London 2013 London, United Kingdom	Nov 16, 2013 - Nov 25, 2013
Training Event	SEC566: Implementing and Auditing the Twenty Critical Security Controls - In-Depth SANS Oman 2013 Muscat, Oman	Dec 14, 2013 - Dec 19, 2013

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