Aaron M. Rosenmund is a cyber security operations subject matter expert, with a background in federal and business defensive and offensive cyber operations and system automation. Leveraging his administration and automation experience, Aaron actively contributes to multiple open and closed source security operation platform projects and continues to create tools and content to benefit the community. As an educator & cyber security researcher at Pluralsight, he is focused on advancing cyber secur
... moreity workforce and technologies for business and national enterprises alike. In support of the Air National Guard, he contributes those skills part time in various initiatives to defend the nation in cyberspace. Certifications: GIAC GCIA, GIAC GCED, CCNA Cyber Operations, Pentest+, CySa+, CASP
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Josh is an experienced malware analyst and reverse engineer and has a passion for sharing his knowledge with others. He is a reverse engineer at Google (Chronicle), where he focuses on tackling the latest threats. Josh is an accomplished trainer, providing training at places such as Ring Zero, BlackHat, Defcon, Toorcon, Hack-In-The-Box, Suricon, and other public and private venues. Josh is also an author on Pluralsight, where he publishes content around malware analysis, reverse engineering, and
... more other security related topics.
Joe Abraham, CCIE #62417, is a Cybersecurity Architect working in the public sector space, assisting customers develop and implement functional and secure network architectures. He graduated from Excelsior College with an M.S. in Cybersecurity and a B.S. in Information Technology (Network Management). He currently holds many IT certifications to include CCIE, CISSP, GSEC, and CCNP Security. Joe is a mentor to IT professionals and a blogger who spends his time either with his wife and three child
... moreren, exercising, researching and writing about technology, or learning new technologies. Spending much of his experience helping to train and educate IT professionals, he is passionate about teaching and always strives to be a positive influence in the IT field.
Brian Dorr is a cybersecurity professional who is very passionate about information security and teaching. Brian has served just under 20 years on Active Duty in the Army and is currently serving as a Cyber Warfare Technician who is a technical advisor and serves as a Defensive Cyber Infrastructure support for 12 teams who rely on him for his technical expertise. He also teaches and mentors cyber security students at Agusta Technical College as an Adjunct Cyber Security Instructor. Brian has led
... more and managed several Defensive Cyber Operation missions to include planning and interfacing with several customers to employ an effective threat focused hunt mission by leverage threat intelligence, hardware resources, personnel talent to align with organizational requirements. Brian continues to frequently contribute to the information security community through his LinkedIn and hosts a website at https://lockeddorrsecurity.com and a blog on medium at https://medium.com/@LDS_Cyber. He currently holds ITIL, CEH, GSEC and has previously held Linux +, Cisco's CCNA Security and CCNA Route and Switch. He has attended several training bootcamps that involved various SANS courses, CompTIA, CISSP, CISM and many others during the course of his career. He also manages two network campuses for the church he attends. During down time, he likes to tinker around in his home lab, ride a motorcycle, spend time with his family, volunteer at his church in student ministry, and lastly, video games.
Shoaib is a Senior Cyber Security Professional currently based in Saudi Arabia. He has more than a decade of experience in the Information Security domain, and worked in various roles such as Security Engineer, Pentester, Forensic Examiner, Incident Handler, IT Auditor and also as a Cyber Security Consultant. His certifications include GCCC, GCFE and Lead Auditor for ISO - 27001/22301/20000. He is also a member of the GIAC Advisory Board. Shoaib is passionate about teaching and finds value in sh
... morearing his knowledge by mentoring students and interns. When he is not working, Shoaib likes to spend time with his wife and son. He is also an avid motorcyclist.
Zach describes himself as “an ordinary guy who’s extraordinarily curious about technology.” This curiosity has led to roles in Software Development, Application Security, DevOps, and Security Engineering. Currently, Zach is the Lead Security Engineer at Credible where he helps lead the security vision of a highly sensitive Fintech product. Outside of his day job, Zach has spoken at SyntaxCon, created cybersecurity tutorials through Securing The Stack, led an AWS Meetup group, and has provided cy
... morebersecurity consulting services. When not hitting the keyboard, Zach is hitting the trails! He is an avid hiker and enjoys the simplicity of nature. In fact, Zach’s favorite quote is “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication” by Leonardo Da Vinci. Zach’s fondness of simplicity has manifested in his tutorials, where he aims to simplify complex topics in the areas of Software Development, DevOps, and Security.
Tim Coakley is a Senior Security Solutions Architect for a large multi-national organisation and an author at Pluralsight. Tim started a long and successful full-time career in Digital Forensics supporting the criminal justice system and law enforcement on a long list of criminal cases. Parallel to this Tim ran a research and development business creating solutions from design through to support resulting in some unique and niche software not developed anywhere else. Tim now works fully within t
... morehe cybersecurity space and has supported and worked within many security teams including, Investigations, Incident Response, Threat intelligence, Penetration Testing, Governance and Engineering until landing into Security Architecture. Tim has worked in a broad range of industries including Law Enforcement, Telecommunications, Pharmaceuticals, Intelligence, Military, Contracting and consulting. Outside of professional working life, Tim enjoys travelling, hiking, kitesurfing and cooking.
Ashley Pearson is a former system administrator turned threat hunter. She has spent the past 3 years of her 8+ year IT career specializing in cyber security. She currently works as a threat hunter and occasional incident responder or forensic analyst. She continues to feed her passion by actively participating in the InfoSec community, attending conferences, and pursuing higher education. Outside of work, Ashley enjoys running, video games, and reading.
Michael is a results-oriented and agile Senior Security Engineer with 10+ years of experience in the public and private sectors. He is a proactive and iterative cyber threat hunter specializing in detection engineering, DFIR, and automation. Michael has led teams and directed collaborative efforts to develop and implement strategies for mitigating evolving threat trends. He is the Founder and Principal Consultant of Sawbox Consulting, where he identifies and resolves security issues, implements
... moresolutions and evaluates security systems for clients. Additionally, he serves as the Executive Director and Co-Founder of SmashTheStack, a prominent educational platform focused on ethical hacking. Michael's role as a Cybersecurity Author at Pluralsight exemplifies his dedication to sharing knowledge. His commitment to advancing the security industry is further demonstrated through his engaging technical presentations at security events like BSIDES, ISSA, and Hacker Halted. Michael’s ability to effectively communicate complex security concepts and share his expertise with others has made him a sought-after speaker in the cybersecurity community. By sharing his extensive knowledge and insights, Michael empowers fellow professionals and enthusiasts to stay informed, embrace innovation, and elevate their security practices. Beyond work, he volunteers to support youth cyber education through CyberPatriot. Connect with him today to experience his expertise and passion firsthand.
Owen is a security practitioner at heart, who also enjoys being able to teach others about cyber security best practices and techniques. He has recently found that doing online teaching has been one of the most fulfilling experiences in his working life. He loves being able to spread the good word of security to any and all that are willing to learn it!
Matt Glass is a Service Delivery Manager in Naples, Italy, working as a government contractor. Matt has 15 years of IT experience in a variety of roles. Consistently finding joy in developing the skills of others and helping their careers, he joined Pluralsight in 2017 to pass on the lessons he learned. Matt is married and the father of four children.
Guillaume Ross is an experienced information security professional, providing services to many organizations as the lead consultant and founder of Caffeine Security Inc. Having worked in multiple verticals, from Fortune 50 to startups, his specialty is providing the right security program and architecture for each specific environment and company, and leading blue teams.
It all began in highschool, when Laurentiu first started his path in the computer science journey. Initially he started with C++, and fell in love quickly with the prospect of learning to develop software. Thanks to his passion for chess, his first computer program was a console-based ASCII chess game developed in C++. After a while, during university, Laurentiu started to experiment with other OOP programming languages, like Java, Kotlin or Python. He started to play with different tech stacks
... moreand frameworks, developing and publishing software apps for Android devices. However, things started to change when Laurentiu decided to explore the world of cybersecurity. He started to go to security hackathons, CTF events, and completed numerous challenges on websites like overthewire.org. At the same time, he realized it might be a good idea to document his journey using short videos, and then he thought that he can become a lecturer, helping people learn more about tech.
George Smith has spent more than 25 years in the IT industry. During this time he has held a variety of positions, starting with web UI development and business analysis, progressing with system administration and infrastructure, then switching to core systems programming, technical consulting, and finally becoming an E-Commerce Architect and Subject Matter Expert. He is well versed in modern trends like Containerization, Infrastructure as Code, Serverless computing models, and more. George demo
... morenstrates a passion for cutting-edge system design leveraging the latest in tech to help enterprises achieve their desired business results. He has recently published "IT Career Paths: Take the Helicopter" on Amazon KDP. George holds a Master in IT degree from Bentley University (Boston, MA) and Master in Business Administration from the University of Ottawa.
Nick is the CEO of Scarlet Dragonfly and has numerous years of experience in security training, cyber security, incident handling, vulnerability management, security operations, threat intelligence and data loss prevention. He is a certified ISC2 & EC-Council instructor, a GIAC advisory board member, an EC-Council global CISO member, a CEH Hall of Fame holder, a senior IEEE member and has an MSc in Advanced Security and Digital Forensics from Edinburgh Napier University.
Ian is a Principal Software Engineer in the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Centre (MSTIC). He has worked in security for 20 years and has been with MSTIC for the past 5 years (from infrastructure/network consulting to building compiler plug-ins and authoring detections and detection systems).
He's the creator and joint-author/maintainer of MSTICPy - Python CyberSec tools for Jupyter notebooks - and spends most of his time creating notebooks and enhancing and fixing MSTICPy.
In the time left over
... more he's an avid music fan and not-very-accomplished player, loves skiing, travel and, most recently has developed a passion for scuba diving.
Phil Chapman is a senior instructor. He is responsible for the delivery of a range of courses including official Microsoft, CompTIA, EC Council and BCS official certifications. He is also
the subject matter expert and project lead for the bespoke Law Enforcement Cyber Security training packages which are delivered to UK Law Enforcement agencies and forces. He holds a variety of IT Technical and Security qualifications across many fields.
Phil spent 23 years in the Royal Air Force as an Intellige
... morence Analyst working across the world in support of Signals and Human Intelligence operations. He worked mostly for GCHQ
agencies but also supported UK counter terrorism agencies and security services during his career. He also spent 5 years as a military trainer delivering courses in analysis, security and
intelligence gathering and reporting.
In 2007 Phil left the RAF and began a career as a training consultant, initially within a Microsoft Academy and then as a freelance consultant/trainer working across Europe in
support of multiple companies and organisations. He is now a permanent trainer and continues to deliver and develop training packages in support of the cyber security apprenticeship, law enforcement and commercial courses run in the UK and Europe. He is actively involved the Prepare, Protect and Prevent strategies working alongside UK law
enforcement agencies and advises as an SME to several UK based Cyber Crime Units.
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