Katie Nickels

Certified InstructorDirector of Intelligence at Red Canary

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Digital Forensics and Incident Response

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About Katie Nickels

Katie is the Director of Intelligence at Red Canary and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. She has worked on cyber threat intelligence (CTI), network defense, and incident response for nearly a decade for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), MITRE, Raytheon, and ManTech. She also serves as an instructor for the SANS FOR578: Cyber Threat Intelligence course, enabling her to share her passion for CTI more broadly. Katie hosts SANS Threat Analysis Rundown (STAR), a popular monthly webcast series that discusses the current threat landscape and cyber threats. She is also the Program Manager at Cyberjutsu Girls Academy (CGA), a program for teenage girls that seeks to inspire exploration and learning in cybersecurity and STEM.

Students Say

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Katie explained all slides very well, and it is easy to follow her throughout the session. She replies to all our queries right away and also goes back to explain things in detail. Katie really knows the content well and is able to present and explain this to the students.
Petra BrncalovaLufthansa AG
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Katie's support is more than expected, like the way she has prepared slides for the exercise questions to be more informative and to make the students understand the content more easily. She connects separately to work on the issues we are experiencing for the session, along with the moderator Connor.
Sravan AnupojuDeloitte
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The instructor, Katie Nickels, is definitely the best trainer I have had. I have learned a lot from her, and her training style is brilliant. She makes time for everyone, has exceptional knowledge and experience in this field, and was enthusiastic the whole way through.
Alison McLaffertyVirgin Money