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Joff Thyer

IANS Faculty

Expertise

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

Profile

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.

Expertise

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

Qualifications

Achievements & Contributions
  • 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
Certifications & Credentials
  • MS, Computer Science – University of North Carolina, Greensboro
  • BS, Mathematics – University of North Carolina, Greensboro
  • GPEN, GWAPT, GXPN, GCIA, GCIA Gold–GIAC

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