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Eric Conrad

FellowPresident at Backshore Communications

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Cyber Defense, Cybersecurity Leadership

Eric Conrad

About Eric Conrad

Eric Conrad, a SANS Faculty Fellow and course author of three popular SANS courses. He has over 28 years of information security experience , has created numerous tools and co-authored the CISSP Study Guide. Eric is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Backshore Communications, a company focusing on hunt teaming, intrusion detection, incident handling, and penetration testing. He is a graduate of the SANS Technology Institute with a Master of Science degree in Information Security Engineering and also holds various industry certifications including the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), GSE, GPEN, GCIH, GCIA, GCFA, GAWN, and GSEC.

Eric's career began in 1991 as a UNIX systems administrator for a small oceanographic communications company. He gained information security experience in a variety of industries, including research, education, power, Internet, and health care.

Eric Conrad is the lead course author of LDR414: SANS Training Program for CISSP® Certification, and co-author of both SEC511: Cybersecurity Engineering: Advanced Threat Detection and Monitoring and SEC542: Web App Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking. Eric is also the lead author of the books the CISSP Study Guide, and the Eleventh Hour CISSP: Study Guide.

Eric graduated from the SANS Technology Institute with a Master of Science in Information Security Engineering and now serves on the faculty there. In addition Eric also holds various industry certifications including the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), GSE, GPEN, GCIH, GCIA, GCFA, GAWN, and GSEC. Eric blogs about information security at www.ericconrad.com.

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