SANS Instructors

Kevin holds a Master of Science in Applied Informatics, Software Development & Distributed Systems. He is also an NSA Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense and multiple winner of the National Cyber League competition.

As a dedicated and analytic cybersecurity professional, Jeroen brings experience across various critical roles. Over the years, he has honed his skills not only through his hands-on experience, but also as an assistant trainer at BlackHat and SANS.

John redefined modern SOC operations by engineering globally adopted blue team strategies and co-creating the GSOC cert. Through the Blueprint podcast and SANS leadership, he’s unified thousands of defenders around real-world detection tactics.

Tomohisa is the Assistant Manager of Global Security at Tokio Marine Holdings, where he supports the global security strategy. His research has given him a breadth of experience in offensive & defensive technologies, security consulting, and secure development.

Peter Jackson leads the SGS ECL Cyber team of ICS Cyber Security Engineers supporting the industrial sector in New Zealand. His background includes control and safety systems experience as a TÜV certified Functional Safety Engineer.

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Mark loves the ever-changing landscape of security and views it as a puzzle that must be solved. He especially loves the challenges in ICS security, where the cyber meets the physical. There is no greater success than a safe and effective process.

Eric is a co-founder and principal security engineer at Puma Security focusing on modern static analysis product development and DevSecOps automation. He is co-author and instructor for three SANS Cloud Security courses.

Josh has been working in Information Security for 10+ years. He enjoys contributing to the community by sharing research and tools that help bolster blue team capabilities; tools that have been used in preventing and detecting large-scale incidents.

Kim L. Jones is an intelligence, security, and risk management professional with almost 40 years of experience in information security strategy; governance & compliance; and security operations.

As one of the founders of modern-day digital forensics, Jason has perspective on the gaps in training that have existed within the field, which is one of the reasons he began teaching at SANS.

Jonathan Karchmer has over 15 years of experience in managing digital forensics and investigations. His background includes network administration, information security and electronic discovery project management.