SANS Instructor / Ethical Hacker / Independent Consultant
Spokane, Washington Area
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- Certified Instructor at SANS Institute
- Co-Founder & Lead Consultant/Trainer at Layered Security
- Past
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- Senior Instructor / Consultant at Foundstone
- Instructor at Global Knowledge
- Senior Internet Engineer at Fortune 500 Company
- IT Security related roles at Various ISPs and Fortune 500 companies
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Bryce Galbraith’s Summary
Bryce began his IT journey at 10 years of age with a Commodore 64 and a 300 baud modem. As a contributing author of the internationally bestselling book, "Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions", Bryce helped bring the secret world of hacking out of the darkness and into the public eye. Bryce has held security positions at global ISPs and Fortune 500 companies as well as being a senior member of Foundstone's world renowned attack and penetration team. Bryce also served as Senior Instructor and co-author of Foundstone's, "Ultimate Hacking: Hands-On" series. He has taught the art of ethical hacking and countermeasures to thousands of IT professionals from a "who's who" of top companies, financial institutions, and government agencies around the globe. Bryce teaches SANS Security 504:"Hacker Techniques, Exploits and Incident Handling", SANS Security 560: "Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking", SANS Security 401: "Security Essentials Boot Camp" and SANS Management 504: "Hacking for Managers" for SANS Institute. Bryce is an active member of several security-related professional organizations, he speaks at a variety of conferences and holds a number of certifications: CISSP, GCIH, GSEC, CEH, CHFI, Security+, CCNA. Bryce is currently Lead Consultant and co-founder of Layered Security.
- Contributing author of, “Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Fifth Edition”
- Trainer at Black Hat 2004-2006 in Las Vegas, NV
- Regular speaker at ISACA and ISSA events
Certified SANS Instructor:
Security 401: "Security Essentials Bootcamp"
Security 504: "Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling"
Management 504: "Hacking for Managers"
Security 560: "Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking"
Lead Instructor and co-developer for Foundstone's:
"Ultimate Hacking"
"Ultimate Hacking: Expert"
"Ultimate Hacking: Windows"
"Ultimate Hacking: Wireless"
"Ultimate Hacking: IR/Forensics" (co-instructor)
Bryce Galbraith’s Specialties:
Hacking & Defending, Consulting, Teaching
Bryce Galbraith’s Experience
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Certified Instructor
SANS Institute
(Computer & Network Security industry)
June 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)
"SANS is the most trusted and by far the largest source for information security training and certification in the world. It also develops, maintains, and makes available at no cost, the largest collection of research documents about various aspects of information security, and it operates the Internet's early warning system - Internet Storm Center."
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Co-Founder & Lead Consultant/Trainer
Layered Security
(Computer & Network Security industry)
January 2000 — Present (8 years 10 months)
IT security-related consulting and training
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Senior Instructor / Consultant
Foundstone
(Computer & Network Security industry)
April 2001 — June 2007 (6 years 3 months)
"Foundstone built its reputation as enterprise network security experts through publication of numerous books and articles that enhanced the knowledge base of the network security community. Foundstone's practice includes strategic functions such as overall network security policy development, secure software lifecycle development, patch management program development and other process related program development projects. From the tactical perspective Foundstone performs in-depth technical testing of networks, applications, and various security related infrastructure components."
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Instructor
Global Knowledge
(Computer & Network Security industry)
February 2001 — May 2003 (2 years 4 months)
"Global Knowledge is the worldwide leader in IT and business training. We deliver via training centers, private facilities, and the Internet, enabling our customers to choose when, where, and how they want to receive training programs and learning services."
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Senior Internet Engineer
Fortune 500 Company
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)
November 1998 — February 2001 (2 years 4 months)
- Primary firewall & VPN engineer for entire Enterprise
- Performed security audits (ethical hacking / penetration tests)
- Performed routing optimization, firewall analysis, and network performance analysis
- Engineered/migrated the enterprise’s Internet infrastructure to a new infrastructure
- Engineered/migrated the enterprise Extranet to new infrastructure
- Engineered/implemented/supported new connectivity requirements (Internet, DMZ’s, Extranet, VPN, etc.)
- Provided network design and security consulting services for business units and their business partners
- Participated in quarterly data center disaster recovery tests at redundant facilities
- Provided third-level support on a variety of networking/security issues
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IT Security related roles
Various ISPs and Fortune 500 companies
(Computer & Network Security industry)
1994 — 2000 (6 years)
Additional Information
Bryce Galbraith’s Websites:
Bryce Galbraith’s Groups:
GIAC Advisory Board, ISSA, ISACA, Infragard
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Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) -
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CISSP Training and Studying Materials -
CISA and CISM for Security Professionals
Bryce Galbraith’s Honors:
- GIAC Advisory Board
- Top rated SANS instructor
- Highest student rated Foundstone instructor for the past several years
- Multiple “4.0 Club” Instructor Rating Awards
- “Outstanding Achievement & Support Award”
- “Outstanding Customer Service Award”
- “Exemplary Service Award”
- “Outstanding Customer Service Award”
