Instructors

Stephen Sims is an industry expert with over 15 years of experience in information technology and security. Stephen currently works out of San Francisco as a consultant. He has spent many years performing security architecture, exploit development, reverse engineering, and penetration testing. Stephen has an MS in information assurance from Norwich University and is a course author and senior instructor for the SANS Institute. He is the author of SANS' only 700-level course, SEC710: Advanced Exploit Development, which concentrates on complex heap overflows, patch diffing, and client-side exploits. Stephen is also the lead author on SEC660: Advanced Penetration Testing, Exploits, and Ethical Hacking. He holds the GIAC Security Expert (GSE) certification as well as the CISSP, CISA, Immunity NOP, and many other certifications. In his spare time Stephen enjoys snowboarding and writing music.

Type	Course / Location	Date	Register
Training Event	SEC660: Advanced Penetration Testing, Exploits, and Ethical Hacking SANS Pen Test Berlin 2013 Berlin, Germany	Jun 3, 2013 - Jun 8, 2013
Training Event	SEC660: Advanced Penetration Testing, Exploits, and Ethical Hacking SANSFIRE 2013 Washington, DC	Jun 14, 2013 - Jun 22, 2013
Training Event	SEC401: Security Essentials Bootcamp Style SANS London Summer 2013 London, United Kingdom	Jul 9, 2013 - Jul 16, 2013
Training Event	SEC660: Advanced Penetration Testing, Exploits, and Ethical Hacking SANS Sydney 2013 Sydney, Australia	Nov 11, 2013 - Nov 23, 2013
Training Event	SEC660: Advanced Penetration Testing, Exploits, and Ethical Hacking Network Security 2013 Las Vegas, NV	Sep 14, 2013 - Sep 23, 2013

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