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SANS Instructors

SANS Institute Instructors are rock stars of the cybersecurity field, with a broad base of expertise in government and industry working as red team leaders, CISOs, technical directors, and research fellows. Use the search bar below to search for an instructor by name, or use the filter to narrow the instructors down by focus area.

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Joel Cox
Joel Cox

Joel Cox

Associate Instructor

Joel Cox has significant experience in Information Technology and has spent the last 10 years helping water/wastewater owner/operators secure their industrial control systems through education, assessments, and implementation of best practices.

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Domenica Crognale
Domenica Crognale

Domenica Lee Crognale

Senior Instructor

Domenica has revolutionized mobile device forensics through her 15-year tenure supporting U.S. federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies and leading global training for elite units including the FBI and military special forces.

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Christopher Crowley
Christopher Crowley

Christopher Crowley

Senior Instructor

Christopher Crowley, a SANS Senior Instructor, has 25 years of industry experience managing and securing networks. He has authored numerous courses and is considered a leading expert in building an effective SOC.

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Aaron Cure
Aaron Cure

Aaron Cure

Principal Instructor

Aaron is a Senior Security Consultant at Cypress Data Defense and teaches SANS SEC542: Web App Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking, and SEC588: Cloud Penetration Testing.

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Jan D'Herdt
Jan D'Herdt

Jan D'Herdt

Certified Instructor

With 20+ years of experience and holder of multiple certifications, Jan is a specialist in security strategy, compliance, and risk. In class, he helps students develop communication skills needed to explain IT security issues to non-technical audiences.

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Chris Dale
Chris Dale

Chris Dale

Principal Instructor

Chris Dale is the founder and principal consultant at River Security. Chris has a background in System Development, IT-Operations and Security Management, and uses his hacker skills to demonstrate risk via Offensive Services and Incident Response.

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Barrett Darnell
Barrett Darnell

Barrett Darnell

Certified Instructor

Barrett Darnell is a Principal Security Engineer on the Intuit Red Team, a vital part of the organization that protects Intuit and customers from all forms of cybercrime.

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Mari DeGrazia
Mari DeGrazia

Mari DeGrazia

Certified Instructor

Mari DeGrazia loves the satisfaction of solving a good puzzle. That fascination paired with her technical abilities has made digital forensics the perfect career fit. She has 20 years of experience in the IT industry, including 10 years in DFIR.

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Nico Dekens
Nico Dekens

Nico Dekens

Certified Instructor

Nico is an all-round all source analyst with years of government experience. He has taught hundreds of police, tax, and military units to conduct OSINT research & analysis.

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Jason Dely
Jason Dely

Jason Dely

Certified Instructor

Jason Dely brings over 20 years of experience and a diverse industrial control system background to SANS and the industrial control system (ICS) community.

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Ted Demopoulos
Ted Demopoulos

Ted Demopoulos

Principal Instructor

Ted's background includes 25+ years of experience in information security and business. He's also written two books about Social Media, and is the recipient of a Department of Defense Award of Excellence.

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Maxim Deweerdt
Maxim Deweerdt

Maxim Deweerdt

Principal Instructor

With over 10 years of experience in cyber defense, Max has garnered insights spanning risk and compliance, threat hunting, incident response, and SOC operations. As a trusted advisor, he has served governments, large corporations, and businesses.

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