SANS Instructors

Paul Piotrowski is currently a Principal OT Cyber Security Engineer in Shell's Global OT Security Discipline, after holding other various security roles in audit, network operations, and risk.

Chris Pizor spent years in the U.S. Air Force protecting its network, studying hackers and plying his skills in intelligence and information security. Now he’s sharing his expertise in cybersecurity with SANS students.

Hal Pomeranz is a SANS Faculty Fellow and an independent digital forensic investigator, with over 25 years of experience. Hal is the Founder and Principal Consultant for Deer Run Associates.

Greg Porter has both led and delivered comprehensive assessment activities that monitor, test, and audit the effectiveness of information system security controls.

Jonathan is a Senior Security Consultant at NVISO Security and has special expertise with Ethereum blockchain technology and smart contract auditing.

Jonathan is an officer in the Maryland Air National Guard serving as a cyberspace capabilities developer. With expertise in Windows implant development and kernel research, he brings practical defensive and offensive cybersecurity experience to SANS.

Ian has been fortunate enough to have designed, delivered, supported, and fixed systems across the world. He is a GIAC Advisory Board member and currently holds 20+ security certifications.

Detective Jeff Rich is a decorated investigator with over 24 years of experience in the field of child abuse and violent crimes investigations. As a member of the Plano, Texas Police Department's Special Victims Unit, he is tasked with investigating technology-based crimes against persons, internet crimes against children and online child exploitation cases to include child abuse, child endangerment, and human trafficking violations.

Dakota Riley is a Staff Security Engineer at LiveRamp. He has experience assisting customers with cloud native security efforts, including IAM, Infrastructre-As-Code, automation/tooling, and detection engineering.

Kevin Ripa has transformed the global cybersecurity landscape through decades of frontline digital forensics, assisting law enforcement, governments, and Fortune 500 companies in unraveling sophisticated cyberattacks and nation-state threats.

Clay is the president of Risenhoover Consulting, Inc., a SANS Principal Instructor, and a Faculty Research Advisor (FRA) for the SANS Technology Institute.

With a career spanning over 20 years that has included working in network design, IP telephony, service development, security and project management, Jonathan has a deep technical background that provides a wealth of information he draws upon when teaching.