Ed Skoudis is a cybersecurity pioneer, globally recognized for his contributions to penetration testing, cyber ranges, and incident response. He is the founder of the SANS Penetration Testing Curriculum, creator of NetWars and the Holiday Hack Challenge, and President of the SANS Technology Institute, an NSA Center of Academic Excellence. With over 40,000 students taught, Ed’s work has defined industry standards, including testing the White House’s Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) and identifying critical vulnerabilities in virtual machine technology.
An engaging keynote speaker and author of Counter Hack Reloaded, Ed’s passion for education and innovation drives his mission to empower the next generation of cybersecurity professionals through realistic, hands-on training and gamified cyber challenges.
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Cybersecurity professionals are often confronted with ethical dilemmas that need to be carefully navigated. In 25 years of teaching incident handling and penetration testing, Ed has often been asked by his students for help in ethical decision-making. Ed will share some of their questions and his re...