SANS Institute

Rick Smith

Rick Smith is a Senior System Security Engineer working in SAIC's Common Criteria and Cryptographic Module Testing Laboratories.  He also provides information security consulting services to Department of Defense and civilian government agencies. Rick holds the GIAC Security Expert certification and several other GIAC certifications including GSNA and GCFA.  His other IT certifications include CISSP, ISSEP, CISA and, MCSE+I. Rick has been active within the SANS community, he serves as: a member of the GIAC Advisory Board and as an instructor in the Community SANS and SANS Stay Sharp Programs. Rick is currently pursuing a Masters of Information Security Engineering degree from The SANS Technology Institute (STI).

• Rick will be teaching:
• SEC 401.1 Networking Concepts
• SEC 401.2 Defense In-Depth
• SEC 401.3 Internet Security Technologies
• SEC 401.4 Secure Communications
• SEC 401.5 Windows Security
• SEC 401.6 Linux Security