John Strand is the owner of Black Hills Information Security, a firm specializing in penetration testing, Active Defense, and Hunt Teaming services. He is also the CTO of Active Countermeasures, a firm dedicated to tracking advanced attackers inside and outside your network.
John has consulted and taught hundreds of organizations in the areas of cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, and penetration testing. John is a contributor to the industry shaping Penetration Testing Execution Standard and 20 Critical Controls frameworks. He is also an experienced speaker, having done presentations to the FBI, NASA, the NSA, and at various industry conferences.
John also co-hosts Security Weekly, the world's largest information security podcast; co-authored Offensive Countermeasures: The Art of Active Defense; and writes loud rock music and makes various futile attempts at fly-fishing.
In this episode, we discuss remote workers in the Covid-19 pandemic, validating VPN targets in pen tests, cloud security, developing SANS course material, how to choose what to give away, planning conferences, threat hunting, keeping up with new vulnerabilities, mental health, and so much more.
Where you can find John:
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#126 – Douglas Brush (Part 4): Dollars and Cents, Not Bytes
#125 – Douglas Brush (Part 3): What is a Special Master?
#124 – Douglas Brush (Part 2): Words of Advice
#123 – Douglas Brush (Part 1): Guess Who’s Back, Dougie’s Back
#122 – Leeann Nicolo: Go For It
#121 – Shannon Brazil: Teach Business to Tech People
#120 – Cimone Wright-Hamor: Cybersecurity Is An Applied Field
#119 – Jenna Waters: This Is My Team
#118 – Nato Riley: Reinvent Reality and Reinvent the World
#117 – Sara Avery: Go After What You Want
#116 – Jennifer Brown: This Is A Wakeup Call
#115 – Alyssa Miller: We Are Lacking Empathy
#114 – Chloé Messdaghi: How Can We Do Better
#113 – Julian Waits: Diversity of Thought
#112: Douglas Brush – Pain Is Inevitable, Suffering Is Optional
#111 – Danny Akacki: Work Worth Doing
#110 – Ryan Louie: Security Starts In the Mind
#109 – Amanda Berlin: Happier People Stay Longer
#108 – Bill Hudenko: The Mind Body Connection
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