CYBRARY - Key Persons
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- Security Operations Manager / Instructor
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- Information Security Analyst at Bigazi / Instructor
Adam Pennington (@_whatshisface) leads ATT&CK® at The MITRE Corporation and collected much of the intelligence leveraged in creating ATT&CK's initial techniques.
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- CEO and Principal Consultant at Nimbus LLC / Instructor
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- IT Security Engineer / Instructor
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- CEO at Media Share Solutions / Instructor
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- Instructor
- Senior Cybersecurity Engineer
- Senior Cybersecurity Engineer at MITRE / Instructor
Amy Robertson is a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer for the MITRE corporation with over a decade of experience mitigating national security cyber risk. Amy provides cyber threat intelligence support to a number of mission spaces, including space assets and weapons systems. Before joining MITRE, Amy led the Department of Homeland Security's NCCIC Strategic Communications team and supported international cyber collaboration and capacity-building programs across Europe and Central Asia. Amy's experience extends into the private sector, where she managed cyber risk assessments and Cyber-OSINT & SOCMINT investigations for critical infrastructure portfolios.
Ms. Robertson received a B.A in Social Science and History from Thomas Edison State College. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Johns Hopkins University with an M.A. in Global Security Studies.
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- Instructor / VP, Advocacy
- VP, Advocacy / Instructor
Andrew Ysasi (EE-SA-SEE), MS, FIP, FIIM, CIPM, CIPP, CISM, PMP, CRM, IGP, CIP has 25 years of experience in executive leadership, technology, privacy, security, and information governance.
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- Engineer
- Principal
- Instructor / Principal Cyber Security Engineer
- Principal Cyber Security Engineer / Instructor
Andy Applebaum is a principal cybersecurity engineer at MITRE. He works on applied and theoretical security research problems, primarily in the realms of cyber defense, security automation, and automated adversary emulation. As a well-established researcher, he's published numerous papers and spoken at multiple academic and industry conferences, including Black Hat Europe, SANS Security Operations Summit, BSides NOVA, and the FIRST Conference.
Before working at MITRE, Andy received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California Davis.
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- Splunk Professional Service Consultant / Instructor
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- Senior Cybersecurity Engineer for the MITRE Corporation / Instructor
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- Head of Cybersecurity, Zvelo & Lieutenant Colonel, Cyber Warfare / Instructor
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- CEO and President of Atlantic Data Forensics / Instructor
- CEO of Atlantic Data Forensics, Inc
- Instructor / CEO and President of Atlantic Data Forensics
Brian Dykstra is the CEO of Atlantic Data Forensics, Inc., an internationally recognized company handling hundreds forensic investigations and data breaches each year for clients in the US, Asia and the Middle East. Mr. Dykstra has over 25 years' experience in investigations, computer forensics, incident response, and secure network architecture. Prior to Atlantic Data Forensics, Mr. Dykstra was a co-founder of global computer security giant Mandiant. Brian regularly testifies as a computer forensics expert in US Federal and State court cases ranging from intellectual property theft to murder.
Mr. Dykstra is a regular speaker at events such as Black Hat USA, DMV Cybersecurity Symposium and dozens of other Cybersecurity events each year. For 6 years, Brian was a contract computer crime investigations instructor teaching at the FBI Academy, the FBI Regional Computer Forensics Labs (RCFL) and many FBI field offices. Mr. Dykstra is a weekly computer forensics and incident response instructor for the cybersecurity training site Cybrary and regular contributor on several related podcasts.
Mr. Dykstra holds a Master of Science in Information Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology. He has also earned and maintains several certifications to include the Certified Cyber Forensics Professional (CCFP), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Information Systems Security Management Professional (CISSP-ISSMP), Information Systems Security Architecture Professional (CISSP-ISSAP), and Certified Information Forensics Investigator (CIFI).
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- CEO of Hexcapes / Instructor
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- Executive VP of IPKeys Power Partners / Instructor
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- Expert
- Founder and CEO of HypaSec
- Founder and CEO of HypaSec / Instructor
- Instructor / Founder and CEO of HypaSec
Chris Kubecka is the founder and CEO of HypaSec offering nation-state incident management, ethical hacking training in IT, IOT, ICS SCADA and expert advisory services to governments. Prior to HypaSec, she headed the Information Protection Group and international intelligence for the Aramco family. Re-establishing international business operations, helping to stabilize the oil market and implementing digital security after the company suffered from the world's most devastating Shamoon cyberwarfare attacks which wiped out 85% of computer systems and over 35,000 Windows systems which deeply affected the countries of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain. At Unisys, she helped halt the July 2009 second wave cyberwarfare attacks against South Korea during her time advising the company's flagship customers Danone and Lloyds TSB. A USAF veteran, serving her country both as a military aviator and handling command and control systems for Space Command. Beginning her computer career at the age of five coding but was restricted from using computer systems from the age of ten until eighteen after hacking into the DOJ. Chris combines highly technical skills, ethical hacking, OSINT, strategy, leadership and governance expertise. Presenting at Europol, Interpol, national police, EU/NATO cyberwarfare exercises, DefCon, Black Hat, United Nations, Oxford, Cambridge, OWASP and BSides globally. Author of several technical, engineering and management courses and books Down the Rabbit Hole An OSINT Journey, Hack the World with OSINT and her upcoming book Hack the Galaxy with OSINT.
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- Instructor
- Senior Privacy Consultant and Instructor / Instructor
Chris Stevens has 35+ years of experience working in the private/public sectors in counterterrorism, data protection, homeland security intelligence, information privacy, strategic intelligence and as a Senior National Intelligence Service Executive.
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- Data Compliance Manager and IT Consultant / Instructor
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- Senior Intelligence Operations Analyst at Centripetal / Instructor
Clint is a technical manager for a financial services company's Responsible Disclosure Team, where he interacts with ethical hackers who find vulnerabilities in the company's infrastructure. Clint is a former Special Agent with the Department of Justice where he specialized in internet investigations and conducted numerous cases on cyber threat actors on the surface, deep, and dark web, resulting in Clint earning the Attorney General's Distinguished Service Award. Clint has trained over 1,000 law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and civilians on the dark web and dark market websites. Clint has a master's degree in intelligence studies from American Military University where he graduated with honors and also has a master's degree in Information Technology from Carnegie Mellon University where he graduated with highest distinction. As a former Navy Reserve Officer, Clint served in many roles, such as a division officer and department head for commands in the information warfare community.
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- Information Systems Engineer / Senior Instructor
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- Cybersecurity Analyst / Instructor
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- Instructor
- Retired Military Officer
Darcy Kempa is a retired military officer with a strong interest in cybersecurity. His adult life began with an enlistment in the United States Marine Corps. During that time, he was meritoriously promoted to the rank of Sergeantand worked as a Quality Assurance Representative. After his enlistment, he went to work for a major airline and completed his undergraduate degree. He joined the Navy after graduation and was sent to Aviation Officer Candidate School where he became an Ensign. While in the Navy, he worked at multiple organizational levels including the Pentagon where he supervised and audited enlisted technical training programs for efficiency as well as funding.
Darcy's desire to teach on Cybrary was based on hisbeliefs in giving back to a community that helped him in the past. As a college student, he became a member of Cybraryand benefitted from the information provided by the organization and the community. The website and data enabled him to have a better grasp of information technology and cyber security. Since he had benefitted from his membership, it was his hope to return the assistance, if possible,to others.
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- Senior Cyber Consultant at USDA ARS / Instructor
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- IRAP Assessor and Security Practice Lead / Instructor
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- Incident Response Engineer at Iron Mountain / Instructor
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- Cloud Security Architect / Instructor / Dean Pompilio
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- Cloud Security Architect / Instructor / Dean Pompilio
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- Principal Cybersecurity Engineer at MITRE / Instructor
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- Network Security Engineer / Instructor
Dustin is an information security and DFIR expert with 13+ years of experience. He has conducted hundreds of investigations involving hacking, data breaches, trade secret theft, employee malfeasance and a variety of other legal and compliance issues.
As a recognized expert in the field of cybersecurity, Dustin has run proactive risk assessments, incident response forensics, and worked in security operation centers (CSOCs) to strengthen the security posture for his client and employers and is a trusted partner in the immediate aftermath of cyber events.
Dustin has submitted written and oral testimony in local, state, and Federal courts. He is a frequent thought leader and speaker on a wide variety of cybersecurity matters.
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- CEO, CSO, CISO of TAG Cyber / Instructor
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- Founder and CTO at Shevirah and Bulb Security / Instructor
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- Information Security Manager at American Psychological Association / Instructor
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- CIO at Koinonia Homes, Inc / Instructor
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- Information Security Manager and Director of Education at PC AGE Career Institute / Instructor
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- Vice President at NTUC Enterprise Co
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- Information Security Analyst / Instructor
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- Co - Founder, Kayyo.Xyz / Instructor
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- Instructor
- Technology Manager
Ivy Nelson is a technology manager for a school district in Missouri, who specializes in data governance and educational technology. She holds a graduate degree from Missouri State University and is a certified educator. Ivy volunteers with several organizations, including Girls Who Code and Kansas City Women in Technology.
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- Senior Cybersecurity Engineer at MITRE and ATT & CK® Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst / Instructor
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- Lead Cyber Adversarial Engineer at MITRE / Instructor
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- Application Security Engineer / Instructor
I am System Administratorwith over a decade of experience in administration and engineering. I have worked across various industries including government, non-profit, and Fortune 500 companies. I started out as a general system administrator primarily working with Microsoft technologies like Windows Server, Active Directory, System Center Configuration Manager,and SQL as well as VMware and mobile device management. I got started with programming and scripting working with VBScript and moved to PowerShell later.
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- IT Architect / Instructor
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- Independent Contractor
- Instructor
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- Senior Technical Instructor at FireEye, Inc / Instructor
Since 2003, Josh Moulin has been helping people and organizations ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500's and the U.S. military understand complex technology and cybersecurity challenges.
Josh's career includes eleven years in law enforcement with the last seven as the commander of a cybercrimes task force and accredited digital forensics lab, five years in national security as a CIO and CISO within the US Department of Energy's nuclear weapons enterprise, and three years as an Executive Partner at Gartner, the world's largest research and advisory company.
Josh has performed over 1000 analyses of digital evidence in criminal, civil, and administrative cases, has been qualified as an expert witness numerous times in state and federal court, and has overseen more than 3700 cyber incident responses. Josh is frequently called upon to present globally on security, risk, technology, and leadership topics, he holds a Master of Science Degree in Information Security and Assurance and has his CAWFE, CEH, CFCE, CHFI, CISSP, CNDA, DFCP, GCFA, GCIA, and GSEC certifications.
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- CISO at NFA Solutions / Instructor
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- Executive Consultant at FDOT, Professor / Instructor
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- Senior SOC Analyst / Instructor
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- Lead Instructor at Evidence - Based Management Association / Instructor
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- CEO and Co - Founder of Knogin / Instructor
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- Director of Cybersecurity / Instructor
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- Director, Information Security Governance, Risk & Compliance / Instructor
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- Security Researcher - Incident Response / Instructor
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- Global Security Leader ( CISO ) Instructor
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- Customer Training Engineer at Cloudtamer.Io / Instructor
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- Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska at Kearney
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- Technical Manager, Red Team / Instructor
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- VP, Cybersecurity Incident Response Planning at JPMorgan / Instructor
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- Principal Cyber Adversary Emulation Engineer at MITRE / Instructor
Michelle Boardman-Cogswell earned her certification in ITIL version 2 in 2006. She lived and breathed ITIL for over 12 years in order to help her clients find process efficiencies and implement globally accepted best practice standards within their organizations. Her clients ranged from Fortune 500, SMB, not-for-profit, university and government sectors. Michelle gained continuous contracts and additional projects with each one of her clients, including Grainger Industrial Supply, FTD, Lenovo, Chicago Public School System and Cabot Microelectronics, among others. Her titles ranged from ITSM Software Implementation Project Manager to Change and Release Manager to ITIL Trainer and Consultant.
Michelle Boardman-Cogswell was a Fellow at Indiana University, where she received my Master's in Rhetoric and Graduate Certificate in Professional Editing. After working in traditional SGML for the Peirce Edition Project and on an National Endowment for the Humanities funded program preserving the ENIAC, one of the original computers created to compute ballistics data, she quickly learned that she enjoyed the fast-paced challenges and strategy of the business world.
A major project Michelle worked on was to get her company's software, PinkVerify, certified through Pink Elephant in 2007. She needed to prove that her ITSM software solution met requirements for ITIL best practices. She looks forward to sharing more of her best practices with you in her ITIL 4 Foundations course!
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- IT Security Consultant / Instructor
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- Incident Response Security Engineer at Arrow Electronics / Instructor
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- Cyber Engineer / Instructor
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- Executive - Associate Systems Engineer at Colombo Stock Exchange / Instructor
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- Security Practitioner / Instructor
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- Cyber Security Analyst and Programmer / Instructor
I have been captivated by technology since I received my first computer at the age of 8. Currently, I test web applications and perform security code review for applications developed in Java, .Net, Python, JavaScript, and a few other languages.
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- Instructor / Founder of Cydefe Labs
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- CIO at Integrated Machinery Solutions / Instructor
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- IT Advisor for Regulatory / CMMC Environments at Corporate Visions / Instructor
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- Director of Security Services at Corsica / Instructor
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- Cyber Security Assessnent Analyst at Bank of Canada / Instructor
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- Security Architect at Nerdery / Instructor
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- Principal Architect / Instructor
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- Network Engineer at Presidio / Instructor
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- Information Security Analyst / Instructor
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- Instructor
- Network Engineer
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- Cyber Operations Specialist / Instructor
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- Director of Training and Certification for MITRE ATT & CK Defender / Instructor
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- Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer / Instructor
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- Cybersecurity Research Analyst / Instructor
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- Director of Information Security at Wildcard Corp / Instructor
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- CEO at DobarDan / Instructor
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- CEO of Iron Comet Consulting, Inc
Todd Dixon is the CEO of Iron Comet Consulting, Inc., a managed service provider in the Atlanta area. He has been in IT for over 20 years, long enough to go through Y2K, Windows Me, and lots of other tech "milestones".
In addition to creating content for Cybrary, Todd is the author of "The Official HIPAA Jungle Map 2.0". His focus is on cybersecurity for for the healthcare industry. Todd has the following certifications: CISSP, CASP+, HCISPP, Pentest+, CySA+, Security+, and A+
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- Senior Application Security Analyst / Instructor
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- Network Engineer at NCI Information Systems, Inc / Instructor
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- IT Security Officer at Acadian Ambulance / Instructor
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- Senior Technical Program Manager at Adobe / Instructor
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- IT Trainer and Consultant at CISCO, VMWare / Instructor
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- Engineering Manager, Security Research & Development at SoFL, Women in Tech Committee Member, University Outreach and STEM Instructor / Instructor