James Shewmaker
Principal InstructorFounder and Principal Consultant at Bluenotch Corporation
Specialities
Offensive Operations
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James Shewmaker has over 20 years of technical experience in IT, primarily developing appliances for automation and security for broadcast radio, internet, and satellite devices. He is the founder and principal consultant at Bluenotch Corporation, Long Beach, California, which provides customized security services focusing on investigations, penetration testing, and analysis to various clients. James authored and maintains the post-exploitation content in the SANS SEC660: Advanced Penetration Testing, Exploit Writing, and Ethical Hacking course and teaches numerous offensive security courses at SANS.
Jim Shewmaker was terrific. He's a skilled instructor and clearly knowledgeable in every domain of information presented. He was also experienced enough to inject his own opinions on tool usage and recommend alternative approaches and tools.
James Shewmaker is engaging to listen to and cares about the topics. He takes the conversation beyond the text, and all of the personal experiences and anecdotes he includes are what make the information stick.
Jim is awesome and went in depth on the details that mattered to me.
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