Joff is a security analyst and penetration tester at Black Hills Information Security (BHIS). He has extensive experience covering intrusion prevention/detection systems, infrastructure defense, vulnerability analysis, defense bypass, source code analysis and exploit research. He is also an instructor at the SANS Institute,  where he primarily teaches the use of Python for information security purposes.

• Penetration Testing
• Red Teaming
• Malware Development
• Machine Learning and Data Analytics

• Co-host on the Security Weekly podcast
• Speaker at information security conferences such as DerbyCon
• Former Senior Security Consultant at NWN Corporation, a security innovation SaaS platform
• Former Senior Network Security Architect & Pen Tester at University of North Carolina, Greensboro

• MS, Computer Science – University of North Carolina, Greensboro
• BS, Mathematics – University of North Carolina, Greensboro
• GPEN, GWAPT, GXPN, GCIA, GCIA Gold–GIAC

When Joff isn’t working or co-hosting the Security Weekly podcast, he enjoys making music and woodworking.

Joff Thyer, IANS Faculty member since 2015, provides clients with deep domain-level expertise in penetration testing, red teaming, malware development, machine learning & data analytics.