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London, United Kingdom - June 2 - 7, 2008
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


Additional Events: Please see Secure Europe 2008 for more info on other SANS Secure Europe Events.

Faculty for SANS Secure Europe 2008 - London

David Perez
David Perez is an Independent Security Consultant based in Valencia, Spain. He performs Forensic Analysis, Incident Handling, Penetration Testing, and System and Network Security Auditing for a variety of major corporate clients in the European marketplace. His background prior to his current position includes 5+ years working at HP as a Security Consultant and three further years working as a Systems Administrator and Support Engineer. He has a Masters Degree in Telecommunications Engineering from UPV (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain) and is a holder of the highest SANS GIAC certification - the GIAC Security Expert (GSE) certification.
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Dave Shackleford
Dave Shackleford, Director of Configuresoft's Center for Policy & Compliance, is a course and exam author for the SANS Institute, where he also serves as a GIAC Technical Director. He is the co-author of Hands-On Information Security from Course Technology, as well as the “Managing Incident Response” chapter in the Course Technology book, Readings and Cases in the Management of Information Security. Previously, he worked as CTO for the Center for Internet Security, as well as for a security consulting firm in Atlanta. He has also worked as a security architect, analyst, and manager for several Fortune 500 companies. He has consulted with hundreds of organizations in the areas of regulatory compliance, security and network architecture and engineering. His specialties include incident handling and response, intrusion detection and traffic analysis, and vulnerability assessment and penetration testing.
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Stephen Sims
Stephen Sims is an Information Security Consultant currently working for Wells Fargo in San Francisco, CA. He has spent the past seven years in the Bay Area working for several large financial institutions on Network and Systems Security, Reverse-Engineering Malware, Risk Assessment and Management. Prior to San Francisco, Stephen worked in the Baltimore/DC area as a Network Security Engineer for companies such as General Motors and Sylvan Prometric. He is one of only a handful of individuals who holds the GIAC Security Expert (GSE) Certification and is currently working with GIAC and White Wolf Security to administer this years exam in Las Vegas. . He is a SANS certified instructor and holds several other certifications such as the CISSP and CISA and is currently co-authoring a book on exploit techniques.
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