SANS Instructors

Katie is the Director of Intelligence at Red Canary, a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, and is a Cyberjutsu Girls Academy (CGA) program manager.

Equally passionate about enabling others in their technical careers as he is about security, Jason is an organizer of the BSides NH conference, a frequent speaker at local and national events, and a founder of TechRamp.

As Head of Equinix's Threat Analysis Center, Sean has redefined cyber threat intelligence by pioneering virtual HUMINT operations that infiltrate dark web criminal networks, enabling proactive defense strategies across public and private sectors.

Brian has 20+ years of experience as a technical leader and a deep understanding of defending enterprises from cyber-attacks. He has a background in working for the US military and in contracting, consulting, and industry environments.

Jorge Orchilles currently serves as a Senior Director at Verizon, where he leads the Readiness and Proactive Security Team. His team specializes in Exposure & Vulnerability Management, Penetration Testing, Red Team, Purple Team, and AI Red Team.

Mark Orlando brings extensive cybersecurity leadership experience from the Pentagon, White House, and Fortune 500 sectors. As Bionic Cyber's CEO, he's a respected security operations expert with military and academic credentials.

Jason Ostrom has revolutionized cybersecurity by developing open-source tools like PurpleCloud and Automated Emulation, enabling scalable adversary emulation in cloud environments.

Kevin Ott is a seasoned red team professional experienced in planning and running attack simulations across different industries, including finance, retail, manufacturing, and energy sectors. His focus is to further develop the offensive capabilities and custom tooling for engagements.

Keith is the author of SEC301: Introduction to Cyber Security, and also runs a successful security consulting practice, working with corporate leadership and security staff to help lower their organization's risk.

Dean Parsons, CEO of ICS Defense Force, has established comprehensive ICS security programs and leading industrial-grade incident responses across sectors like telecommunications and energy. He wrote the pivotal SANS ICS Cybersecurity Field Manuals.

Larry has revolutionized embedded device security with decades of hands-on offensive research, co-authoring SANS's flagship wireless and IoT penetration testing courses, and pioneering SBOM exploitation techniques for supply chain defense strategies.

Francesco Picasso is co-founder of Reality Net System Solutions, an Italian consulting company specialising in InfoSec and Digital Forensics. He obtained a Computer Science degree and a Ph.D. in Intelligent Electronics for Security.