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New Orleans, LA - November 14 - 21, 2006
Global Information Assurance Certification

I learned more here in six days than I could in a year in terms of breadth of knowledge.
-Stephen Yuhas, TESSCO Technologies

Faculty for SANS New Orleans 2006

Chris Brenton
Chris Brenton is a private consultant with over ten years experience in the field. He is one of the founding members of the initial Honeynet Project, one of the original Internet Storm Center handlers, and started up one of the first managed security ISP's. Over the years, he's been credited with the discovery of numerous vulnerabilities in various software products. Along with being a published author, Chris is responsible for maintaining all of the material in the SANS Perimeter Security track. In his spare time, Chris teaches rally and high speed off road security driving where he can be found teaching students to make their side window the front of the car.
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Dr. Eric Cole, Ph.D.
Dr. Eric Cole is an industry recognized security expert, with over 15 year's hands-on experience. Dr. Cole currently performs leading edge security consulting and works in research and development to advance the state of the art in information systems security. Dr. Cole has experience in information technology, with a focus on perimeter defense, secure network design, vulnerability discovery, penetration testing, and intrusion detection systems. Dr. Cole has a Masters in Computer Science from NYIT, and a Ph.D. from Pace University with a concentration in Information Security. Dr. Cole is the author of several books including Hackers Beware, Hiding in Plain Site, Network Security Bible and Insider Threat. He is also the inventor of over 20 patents and is a researcher, writer, and speaker. Eric is also a senior scientist with Lockheed Martin Information Technology (LMIT) and Lockheed Martin (LM) fellow. Dr. Cole is actively involved with The SANS Technology Institute (STI) and SANS working with students, teaching, and maintaining and developing courseware.
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Jason Fossen
Jason Fossen is a principal security consultant at Enclave Consulting LLC, a published author, and a frequent public speaker on Microsoft security issues. He is the sole author of the SANS Institute's week-long Securing Windows course (SEC505), maintains the "Windows day" of Security Essentials (SEC401.5), and has been involved in numerous other SANS projects since 1998. He was graduated from the University of Virginia, received his Master's degree from the University of Texas at Austin, and holds a number of professional certifications. He currently lives in Dallas, Texas.
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Bob Hillery
<p>Bob Hillery is a co-founder and Senior Security Analyst with InGuardians, LLC, of Washington, DC. He brings a global perspective to consultancy through Information Systems Security Management and computer network security incident handling experience in the U.S. Navy, private sector, and R&D. Bob has published a number of papers regarding threat assessment, business systems security management, including a National Institute of Justice project evaluating cyber attack and forensics tools requirements while a Senior Researcher for the Institute for Security Technology Studies at Dartmouth College.</p> <p>He is on the Advisory Boards of the SANS Institute, a variety of academic groups, and small businesses providing technical insights for Information Security degree programs and for corporate and legal digital forensics requirements. He also served as the Vice President of Academic Affairs & Chair of Information Systems Department for NH Community Technical College. He is a certified instructor for the SANS Institute and guest lecturer at such places as the University of New Haven.s National Security Master.s Program and Franklin Pierce Law Center.</p> <p>Bob has Masters degrees in both Strategic Studies and International Relations. His professional certifications include CISSP, SANS GIAC certifications, MCSE and the NSA IAM & IEM.</p>
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James Manico
Jim is the VP of Software Engineering for CodeMagi Inc., a service firm specializing in cutting edge web application development. Jim brings ten years of web-based database-driven software development and analysis experience to client engagements. CodeMagi Inc. has recently provided service for SUN Microsystems, Fox Media, the Golden State Warriors and Architecture for Humanity. In addition, Jim has expertise working with a wide variety of technologies including web-based development with J2EE, thick-client and applet-based Java applications, hybrid applications using Java, C++ and Flash, web-based PHP applications using Drupal 4.7, rich-media web applications using advanced Ajax techniques, and Database technology using Oracle, MySQL and Postgres. Jim's office is located on the beautiful island of Kauai, HI and hosts a bi-weekly call-in computer talk radio show for KKCR, Kauai's community radio station. Jim previously served as the Director of Vendor Relations with the SANS Institute. Jim often volunteers his time fixing and tuning his neighbors computers, the only cost to them is being lectured at regarding the importance of backup and security.
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Mari Nichols
Mari Nichols has been in Incident Handling since 1998 with NAVCIRT and Fortune 50 corporations. She was one of the first to certify with SANS GCIH and has been on the advisory board since 2000. Ms. Nichols has been a guest speaker for the SANS-at-night series. She recently obtained her CISSP certification, so she has joined the ranks of the many SANS mentors who hold GIAC and CISSP certifications.

Ms. Nichols is the CEO and Founder of iMarSolutions, a computer security consulting firm specializing in Security Awareness Education and regulatory compliance.

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Ed Skoudis
Ed Skoudis is a co-founder and Senior Security Analyst with InGuardians, a Washington DC based information security consulting firm. Ed teaches SANS Security 504, "Hacker Techniques, Exploits and Incident Handling," and 517, "Cutting Edge Hacking Techniques," on a regular basis. Ed's expertise includes hacker attacks and defenses, the information security industry, and computer privacy issues. He has performed numerous security assessments, provided detailed expert witness services in cases involving major credit card theft, and responded to computer attacks for clients in the 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 several articles on these topics, as well as the books Counter Hack Reloaded and Malware: Fighting Malicious Code. Ed was also awarded 2004, 2005, and 2006 Microsoft MVP awards for Windows Server Security, and is an alumnus of the Honeynet Project. Previous to InGuardians, Ed served as a security consultant with International Network Services (INS), Predictive Systems, Global Integrity, SAIC, and Bell Communications Research (Bellcore).
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James Tarala
James Tarala is a principal consultant with Enclave Hosting, LLC and is based out of Venice, FL. He is a regular speaker and senior instructor with the SANS Institute, as well as a courseware author and editor for many of their auditing and security courses. As a consultant, he has spent the past few years architecting large enterprise IT security and infrastructure architectures, specifically working with many Microsoft based directory services, e-mail, terminal services, and wireless technologies. He has also spent a large amount of time consulting with organizations to assist them in their security management, operational practices, and regulatory compliance issues, and often times performs independent security audits and assists internal audit groups to develop their internal audit programs. James completed his undergraduate studies at Philadelphia Biblical University, his graduate work at the University of Maryland, and holds numerous professional certifications.
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