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About Erik Van Buggenhout

Erik Van Buggenhout is a co-founder of NVISO, a Belgian cybersecurity firm, as well as a SANS Senior Instructor and lead author of SEC599: Defeating Advanced Adversaries and SEC699: Purple Team Tactics - Adversary Emulation for Breach Prevention & Detection, as well as coauthor of SEC560 - Network Penetration Testing & Ethical Hacking. Prior to NVISO, Erik spent five years at a Big 4 firm, where he evolved into a subject matter expert for the EMEA region. He has been involved with SANS since 2009: first as a Mentor, then working his way to Community Instructor in 2012, becoming a Certified Instructor in 2016 and a Senior Instructor in 2020.

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Fantastic job! Humor and attitude was fun and engaging. Erik was always prepared and knew the material very well.
Charles HunterMISO Energy
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Erik is great. He continues to keep the course interesting and engaging with his hilarious jokes.
Robert FortuneLifeSpan
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[Erik] is very engaged and knowledgeable.
Bryan DavisWilliams & Connolly LLP

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SEC699: Advanced Purple Teaming - Adversary Emulation & Detection Engineering

SEC699Offensive Operations

SEC699: Advanced Purple Teaming - Adversary Emulation & Detection Engineering

5 Days (Instructor-Led)
36 CPEs / 36 Hours (Self-Paced)
Labs: 29 Hours of hands-on instruction

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SEC599: Defeating Advanced Adversaries - Purple Team Tactics & Kill Chain Defenses

SEC599Offensive Operations

SEC599: Defeating Advanced Adversaries - Purple Team Tactics & Kill Chain Defenses

GIAC Defending Advanced Threats (GDAT)
6 Days (Instructor-Led)
36 CPEs / 36 Hours (Self-Paced)
Labs: 25 Hours of hands-on instruction

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The Advantages of Going Purple: How BAS Works and Why It Matters

28 Jun 2022
Erik Van Buggenhout