Dan deBeaubien

Dan deBeaubien is a 35-year veteran of information technology. He formerly served as the CTO of Michigan Technological University. Since joining He has worked across a diverse range of security and training areas, from Security Awareness to SANS OnDemand, and contributed to various product development and training initiatives at SANS.

In his previous role as the Head of Innovation at the SANS Institute, Dan lead AI research and chaired both the AI policy and product working groups. These groups authored SANS’ AI-related policies and established the AI Resource Center which is charged with prioritizing and implementing AI related projects at SANS. Dan’s team has crafted AI toolsets, AI training models and prototyped a massive cybersecurity AI for SANS. Dan is also the author for SANS AIS247 – AI Security Essentials for business leaders and SANS role-based and end-user AI training.