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About Josh Johnson

Josh Johnson is a SANS Certified Instructor who teaches SEC530: Defensible Security Architecture and Engineering: Implementing Zero Trust for the Hybrid Enterprise. He has been working in the Information Security industry for over 10 years in varying roles with responsibilities ranging from penetration testing to incident response. Josh was Purple Teaming since before it had a name and used his offensive security skill set to find and pursue his true passion - Blue Team. Since then, he has been helping organizations of all sizes, and in varying industries from healthcare to retail to finance, improve their cyber defense capabilities.

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Josh continues to demonstrate strong teaching skills and excellent breadth and depth of knowledge in all covered topics (and more).
William AtkinsSandia National Labs
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Fantastic teacher. He is great at explaining things and seamlessly goes beyond the slide content to add additional insights and real-world experience.
Conor BolandAirSpace
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[Josh's] teaching is clear, concise and effective at keeping engagement parts high!
Wonhee ChoiStroz Friedberg

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SEC530: Defensible Security Architecture and Engineering: Implementing Zero Trust for the Hybrid Enterprise

SEC530Cyber Defense

SEC530: Defensible Security Architecture and Engineering: Implementing Zero Trust for the Hybrid Enterprise

GIAC Defensible Security Architecture (GDSA)
6 Days (Instructor-Led)
36 CPEs / 36 Hours (Self-Paced)
Labs: 24 Hours of hands-on instruction

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