Ed Skoudis

Instructor, SANS

Ed Skoudis is a security expert on hacker attacks and defenses, a world-renowned author and president of Counter Hack Challenges—the company that has built the most sophisticated cyber-competitions and ranges used by the U.S. military. He's demonstrated hacker techniques against financial institutions for the U.S. Senate and frequently speaks at security conferences. He is also a SANS Faculty Fellow who teaches thousands of information security professionals how to improve their skills and better defend their networks. He was also the expert called in by the White House to test the security viability if the Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) and provides after-attack analysis on most of the major attacks against commercial organizations where credit card data is lost.