Lance Spitzner

Lance Spitzner has over 25 years of security experience in cyber threat research, security architecture, and security culture and training. He played a pivotal role in pioneering the fields of deception and cyber intelligence by creating honeynets and founding the Honeynet Project. Lance has authored three security books, provided consultation services in 20+ countries, and has helped over 350 organizations build security behavior and culture programs to manage their human risk. Lance is both author and instructor for the SANS LDR433: Managing Human Risk and LDR521: Security Culture for Leaders courses. Lance is a frequent speaker and is active in numerous community projects. Prior to his career in information security, Mr. Spitzner served as an armor officer in the Army's Raid Deployment Force and holds an MBA from the University of Illinois.