Donald Williams
Principal InstructorDefensive Cyber Operations Chief, Retired at U.S. Army
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Cyber Defense
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Donald retired from active duty in 2014 after over 20 years of service in the U.S. Army. He has extensive experience in incident handling, intrusion analysis, and network auditing. During his career in the Army, he served as the Defensive Cyber Operations Chief for the Army's Regional Computer Emergency Response Team in South West Asia (RCERT-SWA), directly overseeing the intrusion analysis and incident response teams for one of the Army's largest networks spanning over 10 countries. Donald holds several GIAC certifications, including the GIAC Security Expert (GSE), GCIH, GCIA, and GSNA certifications, as well as numerous other industry certifications. He is also a faculty member of the SANS Technology Institute, an NSA Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense and multiple winner of the National Cyber League competition.
Don really worked well with students of all levels of experience and backgrounds. His responses to questions asked as the week progressed showed a high degree of knowledge and understanding.
Don has a great sense of humor, fantastic energy and clearly deep deep knowledge.
Mr. Williams is incredibly knowledgeable. Despite the class’ best effort, we could not pose any question that he was not able to readily answer.