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New Orleans, LA - January 12 - 19, 2008
Global Information Assurance Certification

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Faculty for SANS Security 2008

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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David Hoelzer
Since 1985, David has had almost any position that you can imagine in the information technology field, ranging from programmer analyst up to chief information security officer. He has been teaching for SANS since 1999, managing and authoring the majority of the audit related materials for SANS in addition to some of the secure coding courses from SANS-SSI. David currently serves as the Chief Information Officer for Enclave Forensics and the Director of Consulting for Cyber-Defense, a subsidiary of Enclave Forensics. He is a research fellow with the Internet Forensics Lab and an adjunct research associate with the UNLV Center for Cybersecurity Research.
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Kevin Johnson
Kevin Johnson is a Senior Security Analyst with Intelguardians. Kevin came to security from a development and system administration background. He has many years of experience performing security services for Fortune 100 companies, and in his spare time contributes to a large number of open source security projects. Kevin founded and leads the development on B.A.S.E. (the Basic Analysis and Security Engine) project. The BASE project is the most popular web interface for the Snort intrusion detection system. Kevin is an instructor for SANS, teaching both the Incident Handling and Hacker Techniques class and the Web Application Security class. He has presented to many organizations, including Infragard, ISACA, ISSA and the University of Florida.
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Fred Kerby
Fred is an engineer, manager, and security practitioner whose experience spans several generations of networking. He is the information assurance manager at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division and has vast experience with the political side of security incident handling. His team is one of the recipients of the SANS Security Technology Leadership Award as well as the Government Technology Leadership Award. Fred received the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award in recognition of his technical and management leadership in computer and network security. A frequent speaker at SANS, Fred’s presentations reflect his opinions and are not the opinions of the Department of the Navy.
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Rob Lee
Rob Lee is a Principal Consultant for MANDIANT, a leading provider of information security consulting services and software to Fortune 500 organizations and the U.S. Government. Rob has over 11 years experience in computer forensics, vulnerability discovery, intrusion detection, and incident response. Rob graduated the U.S. Air Force Academy and served in the U.S. Air Force as a founding member of the 609th Information Warfare Squadron, the first U.S. military operational unit focused on Information Operations. Later, he was a member of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations where he conducted computer crime investigations and computer forensics. Prior to joining MANDIANT, he worked on contracts for a variety of government agencies, where he was the technical lead for a vulnerability discovery team, contractor lead for cyber forensics branch, and led a security software development team. Rob also coauthored the bestselling book, Know Your Enemy, 2nd Edition. In addition to working for MANDIANT and the SANS Institute, Rob is currently pursuing his MBA at Georgetown University in Washington D.C.
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Michael Murr
Michael has been a forensic analyst with Code-X Technologies for over 5 years, and has conducted numerous investigations and computer forensic examinations, as well as performing specialized research and development. Michael has taught SANS Security 504 (Incident Handling and Computer Hacker Techniques), SANS Security 508 (System Forensics, Investigation, and Response), 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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Stephen Northcutt
Stephen Northcutt founded the GIAC certification and currently serves as President of the SANS Technology Institute, a post graduate level IT Security College, www.sans.edu. Stephen is author/coauthor of Incident Handling Step-by-Step, Intrusion Signatures and Analysis, Inside Network Perimeter Security 2nd Edition, IT Ethics Handbook, SANS Security Essentials, SANS Security Leadership Essentials and Network Intrusion Detection 3rd edition. He was the original author of the Shadow Intrusion Detection system before accepting the position of Chief for Information Warfare at the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization. Stephen is a graduate of Mary Washington College. Before entering the field of computer security, he worked as a Navy helicopter search and rescue crewman, white water raft guide, chef, martial arts instructor, cartographer, and network designer.
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Mike Poor
Mike is a founder and Senior Security Analyst for the DC firm Intelguardians LLC. In his recent past life he has worked for Sourcefire, as a research engineer, and for the SANS Institute leading their Intrusion Analysis Team. As a consultant, Mike conducts forensic analysis, penetration tests, vulnerability assessments, security audits, and architecture reviews. His primary job focus however is in intrusion detection, response, and mitigation. Mike currently holds both GSEC and GCIA certifications, and is an expert in network engineering and systems, network and web administration. Mike is an author of the international best selling Snort 2.1 book from Syngress, and is a Handler for the Internet Storm Center.
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Marcus Sachs
Marcus Sachs serves as Executive Director of Government Affairs for National Security Policy at Verizon in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining Verizon in August 2007, he was the deputy director of SRI International's Computer Science Laboratory. Marcus has served as the director of the SANS Internet Storm Center since 2003, and is an internationally recognized computer security expert. He brings over 26 years of professional experience to SANS including 20 years of active military service as an officer in the United States Army and two years of national cyberspace security policy development as a Presidential appointee to the National Security Council staff in the George W. Bush administration. Marcus was the first cyber security official assigned to the Department of Homeland Security in 2003 where he developed the initial concept and strategy for the creation of the United States Computer Emergency Response Team. He was also a founding member of the Defense Department's Joint Task Force for Computer Network Defense, created in 1998 as the first US military organization designed to fight foreign threats in cyberspace. A graduate of the US Army Command and General Staff College, Marcus also holds a Masters degree in Computer Science with a concentration in Information Security, a Masters degree in Science and Technology Commercialization, and a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Public Policy with a concentration in Science and Technology. Marcus is a licensed Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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John Strand
John Strand currently teaches the SANS GCIH and CISSP classes. He is currently certified GIAC Gold in the GCIH and GCFW and is a Certified SANS Instructor. He is also a holder of the CISSP certification. He started working computer security with Accenture Consulting in the areas of intrusion detection, incident response, and vulnerability assessment/penetration testing. He then moved on to Northrop Grumman specializing in DCID 6/3 PL3-PL5 (multi-level security solutions), security architectures, and program certification and accreditation. He is currently employed with SANS managing the local mentor program. He also is a consultant with Argotek, Inc. He has a Masters degree from Denver University, and is currently also a professor at Denver University. In his spare time he writes loud rock music and makes various futile attempts at fly-fishing.
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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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Joshua Wright
Joshua is the author of several papers on wireless security and intrusion analysis, and the co-author of Securing Cisco Routers: Step-by-Step, a book published by the SANS Institute. In a consulting role, he has worked with Fortune 500 companies, federal agencies, and educational institutions addressing issues related to wireless security, vulnerability assessment, and secure network design. He currently serves as the senior security researcher for Aruba Wireless Networks and is an instructor for the SANS Institute.
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