SANS Senior Instructor https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericconrad/ (Eric Conrad) is the lead author of https://www.sans.org/course/sans-plus-s-training-program-cissp-certification-exam (SANS MGT414: SANS Training Program for CISSP® Certification), and coauthor of both https://www.sans.org/course/continuous-monitoring-security-operations (SANS SEC511: Continuous Monitoring and Security Operations) and https://www.sans.org/course/web-app-penetration-testing-ethical-hacking (SANS SEC542: Web App Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking). He is also the lead author of the books the https://www.amazon.com/CISSP-Study-Guide-Third-Conrad/dp/0128024372 (CISSP Study Guide), and the https://www.amazon.com/dp/0128112484/ref=la_B003GX931K_ob_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1507226651&sr=1-2 (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 https://www.backshore.net/ (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 https://www.giac.org/certification/security-expert-gse (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 http://www.ericconrad.com (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 https://www.sans.org/ (SANS), what makes a good cyber security professional, threat hunting, the importance of PowerShell, http://www.ericconrad.com/2016/09/deepbluecli-powershell-module-for-hunt.html (DeepBlueCLI), and so much more.
Where you can find Eric:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericconrad/ (LinkedIn)
https://twitter.com/eric_conrad (Twitter)
http://www.ericconrad.com (Blog)
https://www.sans.org/instructors/eric-conrad (SANS)
https://github.com/sans-blue-team/DeepBlueCLI (GitHub)
https://www.amazon.com/Eric-Conrad/e/B003GX931K/ (Amazon)