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Tokyo, Japan - October 27 - November 1, 2008
Global Information Assurance Certification

Intense training! An excellent combination of technical and theory instruction.
-Richard Brull

Faculty for SANS Tokyo Fall 2008

George Bakos
George Bakos has been interested in computer security since the early 1980s when he discovered the joys of BBSs and corporate databases. These days he is a senior engineer for Northrop Grumman's Cyber Threat Analysis & Intelligence team working to understand what's going on inside the minds and hearts of his adversaries. He was the developer of Tiny Honeypot and the IDABench intrusion analysis system and was one of the researchers behind the Dartmouth Distributed Honeynet System. George developed and taught the U.S. Army National Guard's CERT technical curriculum and ran the NGB's Information Operations Training and Development Center research lab for two years, fielding and supporting Computer Emergency Response Teams nationwide. Outside the lab, George enjoys the beauties of his home state, Vermont, through skiing, ice and rock climbing, and mountain biking.
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Eric Cole, PhD
Dr. Eric Cole is an industry-recognized security expert with over 15 years of hands-on experience. Cole currently performs leading-edge security consulting and works in research and development to advance the state of the art in information systems security. Cole has experience in information technology with a focus on perimeter defense, secure network design, vulnerability discovery, penetration testing, and intrusion detection systems. Cole has a master's degree in computer science from NYIT and a PhD 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 the inventor of over 20 patents and is a researcher, writer, and speaker. He is also a member of the Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th President and several executive advisory boards. Dr. Cole is also the CTO of the Americas for McAfee. Cole is actively involved with the SANS Technology Institute (STI) and SANS working with students, teaching, and maintaining and developing courseware. He is a SANS faculty fellow and course author.
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Frank Kim
Frank Kim is a co-founder and principal consultant with Think Security Consulting (http://www.thinksec.com), a San Francisco Bay area based application security consulting firm. Frank is an author and instructor for SANS Security 541: Secure Coding in Java/JEE. He has over ten years of experience developing applications using Java/Java EE and has designed and developed Web applications for large health care, technology, insurance, and consulting companies. Frank currently focuses on integrating security into the software development life cycle by doing penetration testing, security assessments, architecture reviews, code reviews, and training. Frank holds the CISSP, GPEN, GCIH, GCFA, GCIA, and GSSPJava certifications and is a Sun Certified Java Developer and Programmer.
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