SANS Gulf Region Community Nights — November 2026

Mark Williams brings more than 30 years of international security, privacy, compliance, and enterprise architecture experience to SANS leadership training, helping students connect strategy, policy, governance, and executive communication to real work.

With 30 years in cyber and intelligence operations, Chris Pizor teaches SEC504 and SEC497 to help students master OSINT techniques, incident response, and hands-on defense skills shaped by real-world missions.

Jeff McJunkin brings decades of systems, network, and offensive security experience to SANS. Founder of Rogue Valley Information Security, he has led enterprise penetration tests, built Core NetWars experiences, and authored SEC580 while co-authoring SEC560.

With FOR577, Taz has authored the first course to systematize threat hunting on Linux systems. His operational leadership—from military intelligence to heading a FTSE100 CSIRT—has fortified global cyber defense capabilities across sectors.