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SANS Instructors

SANS Institute Instructors are rock stars of the cyber security field, with a broad base of expertise in government and industry working as red team leaders, CISOs, technical directors, and research fellows. Use the search bar below to search for an instructor by name, or use the filter to narrow the instructors down by focus area.

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Bryan Simon
Bryan Simon

Bryan Simon

Senior Instructor

Bryan Simon, a SANS Senior Instructor and author of SEC401, has been involved in cybersecurity since 1991. He’s the president of Xploit Security Inc., and has taught cybersecurity students from organizations like the FBI, NATO, and UN.

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Stephen Sims
Stephen Sims

Stephen Sims

Fellow

Stephen Sims, an esteemed vulnerability researcher and exploit developer, has significantly advanced cybersecurity by authoring SANS's most advanced courses and co-authoring the "Gray Hat Hacking" series.

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Ed Skoudis
Ed Skoudis

Ed Skoudis

Fellow

Ed is the founder of the SANS Penetration Testing Curriculum and Counter Hack; leads the team that builds NetWars, Holiday Hack, and CyberCity; and is President of the SANS Technology Institute.

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Kenton  Smith
Kenton  Smith

Kenton Smith

Kenton is a well-respected cybersecurity consultant and thought leader based in Calgary, Canada. To every SANS class, Kenton brings more than 25 years of hands-on and management experience in a wide range of industries from hi-tech to critical infrastructure.

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Jon Gorenflo
Jon Gorenflo

Mr. Harry James Smith

Fellow

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Andy Smith
Andy Smith

Andy Smith

Certified Instructor Candidate

Andy is a Principal Security Architect for BP, where he secures emerging technologies and develops security strategies. His background is a mix of technical elements and business practicalities, which he considers essential to developing solutions.

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Anuj Soni
Anuj Soni

Anuj Soni

Senior Instructor

Anuj Soni, Principal Reverse Engineer at United Healthcare, has over 15 years of experience enhancing organizational security postures. His expertise has led to the identification, containment, and remediation of multiple threat actor groups.

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Lance Spitzner
Lance Spitzner

Lance Spitzner

Senior Instructor

Lance revolutionized cyber defense by founding the Honeynet Project. Over the past 25 years, he has helped 350+ organizations worldwide build resilient security cultures, transforming human risk management into a cornerstone of modern cybersecurity.

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Wouter  Stinkens
Wouter  Stinkens

Wouter Stinkens

Wouter is a senior security expert at NVISO with 15 years of experience in the IT industry, currently serving as the lead of the SOAR engineering team at the NVISO Security Operations Center (SOC).

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Peter  Szczepankiewicz
Peter  Szczepankiewicz

Peter Szczepankiewicz

Principal Instructor

Currently, Peter is a Senior Security Engineer with IBM as well as a principal instructor for the SANS Institute.

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David Szili
David Szili

David Szili

Principal Instructor

David has 10+ years of professional experience in penetration testing, red teaming, vulnerability assessment and management, security monitoring, security architecture design, incident response, digital forensics, and software development.

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