SANS Senior Instructor Eric Conrad is the lead author of SANS MGT414: SANS Training Program for CISSP® Certification, and coauthor of both SANS SEC511: Continuous Monitoring and Security Operations and SANS SEC542: Web App Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking. He is also the lead author of the books the CISSP Study Guide, and the Eleventh Hour CISSP: Study Guide.
Eric's career began in 1991 as a UNIX systems administrator for a small oceanographic communications company. He gained information security experience in a variety of industries, including research, education, power, Internet, and health care. He is now CTO of Backshore Communications, a company focusing on hunt teaming, intrusion detection, incident handling, and penetration testing. He is a graduate of the SANS Technology Institute with a master of science degree in information security engineering. In addition to the CISSP, he holds the prestigious GIAC Security Expert (GSE) certification as well as the GIAC GPEN, GCIH, GCIA, GCFA, GAWN, and GSEC certifications. Eric also blogs about information security at www.ericconrad.com.
In this episode we discuss starting in IT before there was infosec, the value of certifications, making blue teams sexy again, teaching for SANS, what makes a good cyber security professional, threat hunting, the importance of PowerShell, DeepBlueCLI, and so much more.
Where you can find Eric:
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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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