Stephen Sims

Security Researcher, SANS Institute

Stephen Sims is an industry expert with over 15 years of experience in information technology and security. Stephen currently works out of San Francisco as a consultant performing reverse engineering, exploit development, threat modeling, and penetration testing. Stephen has a MS in information assurance from Norwich University and is a course author and a Faculty Fellow for the SANS Institute. He is the author of SANS' only 700-level course, SEC760: Advanced Exploit Development for Penetration Testers. He holds the GIAC Security Expert (GSE) certification as well as the CISA, Immunity NOP, and many other certifications. In his spare time Stephen enjoys snowboarding and writing music.