Stephen Sims

Security Researcher, SANS Institute

Stephen Sims is an industry expert with over 15 years of experience in information technology and security. Sims currently works out of San Francisco as a Consultant performing reverse engineering, exploit development and SDL consulting. Sims has an M.S. in information assurance from Norwich University and is a Course Author and Senior Instructor for the SANS Institute. He is the Author of SANS’ only 700-level course, SEC760: Advanced Exploit Development for Penetration Testers. Sims is also the Lead Author on SEC660: Advanced Penetration Testing, Exploits and Ethical Hacking. He holds the GIAC Security Expert (GSE) certification as well as the CISA, Immunity NOP and many other certifications. In his spare time Sims enjoys snowboarding and writing music.