Presented at
BSides Austin 2016,
March 31, 2016, 10 a.m.
(60 minutes).
BSides Austin Keynote
Presenters:
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Ed Skoudis
Most Advanced Degree:
M.S., Information Networking, Carnegie Mellon University; and B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, Summa Cum Laude.Field of Experience:
Incident Handling, Expertise in Hacker Attacks and Defenses, Information Security Industry, and Computer Privacy Issues. See details below.Director on the Board of SANS Technology InstituteSANS Faculty FellowCourse LeadSTI Faculty Advisor Ed Skoudis is the founder of Counter Hack, an innovative organization that designs, builds, and operates popular infosec challenges and simulations including CyberCity, NetWars, Cyber Quests, and Cyber Foundations. As director of the CyberCity project, Ed oversees the development of missions which help train cyber warriors in how to defend the kinetic assets of a physical, miniaturized city. Ed's expertise includes hacker attacks and defenses, incident response, and malware analysis, with over fifteen years of experience in information security. Ed authored and regularly teaches the SANS courses on network penetration testing (Security 560) and incident response (Security 504), helping over three thousand information security professionals each year improve their skills and abilities to defend their networks. He has performed numerous security assessments; conducted exhaustive anti-virus, anti-spyware, Virtual Machine, and IPS research; and responded to computer attacks for clients in government, military, financial, high technology, healthcare, and other industries. Previously, Ed served as a security consultant with InGuardians, International Network Services (INS), Global Integrity, Predictive Systems, SAIC, and Bell Communications Research (Bellcore). Ed also blogs about command line tips and penetration testing.
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