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SEC504: Hacker Tools, Techniques, and Incident Handling

SEC504Offensive Operations

SEC504: Hacker Tools, Techniques, and Incident Handling

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Principal InstructorHacker-in-Chief at FoxGuard Solutions

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About Monta Elkins

Monta Elkins is currently "Hacker-in-Chief" for FoxGuard Solutions, an ICS patch provider. A security researcher and consultant; he was formerly Security Architect for Rackspace and the first ISO for Radford University.

He has been a speaker at DEFCON, Homeland Security's ICSJWG (Industrial Control Systems Joint Working Group), EnergySec's Security Summit, VASCAN, GE Digital Energy's Annual Software Summit, Educause Security Professionals Conference, Toshiba's Industrial Control Systems Conference, NERC's GridSecCon, ICS CyberSecurity by Security Week, UTC Telecom and other security conferences.

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I can't say enough about Monta; he is an excellent instructor.
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Monta has incredible knowledge and experience in his field and was able to deliver the course content very well.
Stefan Klecha Imerys Metalcasting
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Monta, thank you for an outstanding course. Your expertise is obvious and apparent, your teaching style is superb, and your sense of humor is wonderful.
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SEC617: Wireless Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking

SEC617Offensive Operations

SEC617: Wireless Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking

GIAC Assessing and Auditing Wireless Networks
6 Days (Instructor-Led)
36 CPEs / 36 Hours (Self-Paced)
Labs: 20 Hours of hands-on instruction

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ICS410: ICS/SCADA Security Essentials

ICS410Industrial Control Systems Security

ICS410: ICS/SCADA Security Essentials

GIAC Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional (GICSP)
6 Days (Instructor-Led)
36 CPEs / 36 Hours (Self-Paced)
Labs: 15 Hours of hands-on instruction

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