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Phoenix, AZ - February 12 - 17, 2007
Global Information Assurance Certification

Very intense. I have never been to a conference where we received so much information and so much more to learn post-conference.
-Paul Abels, UPS

Faculty for SANS Phoenix 2007

Jonathan Ham
Jonathan is an independent consultant who specializes in large-scale enterprise security issues, from policy and procedure, through staffing and training, to scalable prevention, detection, and response technology and techniques. With a keen understanding of ROI and TCO (and an emphasis on process over products), he has helped his clients achieve greater success for over 12 years, advising in both the public and private sectors, from small upstarts to the Fortune 500. He's been commissioned to teach NCIS investigators how to use Snort, performed packet analysis from a facility more than 2000 feet underground, and chartered and trained the CIRT for one of the largest U.S. civilian Federal agencies. He currently holds the CISSP, GSEC, GCIA, and GCIH certifications, and is a member of the GIAC Advisory Board. A former combat medic, Jonathan still spends some of his time practicing a different kind of emergency response, volunteering and teaching for both the National Ski Patrol and the American Red Cross.
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Bob Hillery
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. 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. 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.
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Lorna Hutcheson
Lorna Hutcheson is a Director, SANS Course Content with SANS, and is also a volunteer incident handler for the SANS Internet Storm Center. Ms. Hutcheson graduated in 1993 from the United States Military Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. During five years of military service she was an Army Military Intelligence officer assigned to Fort Huachuca and was responsible for providing Intelligence and Electronic Warfare support. During this time, she also held positions as a System Administrator, Network Security Officer and Information Assurance Security Officer. Since 1998 she has served in various civilian information assurance positions that support the US military. Ms. Hutcheson is on the Board of Directors of DShield Inc. and currently holds several professional certifications including the CISSP-ISSMP, GREM and GIAC Gold for the following: GSEC, GCIA, GCFW, GCIH, and GCWN.
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Michael Murr
Michael has been a forensic analyst with Code-X Technologies for over five years, has conducted numerous investigations and computer forensic examinations, and has performed specialized research and development. Michael has taught SANS Security 504 (Hacker Techniques, Exploits, and Incident Handling), SANS Security 508 (Computer Forensics, Investigation, and Response), and SANS Security 601 (Reverse-Engineering Malware); has led SANS@Home courses; and is a member of the GIAC Advisory Board. Currently, Michael is working on an open-source framework for developing digital forensics applications. Michael holds the GCIH, GCFA, and GREM certifications and has a degree in computer science from California State University at Channel Islands.
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James Tarala
James Tarala is a principal consultant with Enclave Security and is based out of Venice, Florida. He is a regular speaker and senior instructor with the SANS Institute as well as a courseware author and editor for many SANS 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 he 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 and his graduate work at the University of Maryland. He holds numerous professional certifications.
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