SANS GIAC Certification (PDF)

the GIAC Level 2 Certifications offered by the SANS Institute. He is certified by SANS GIAC for Intrusion Detection In Depth (GCIA); Advanced Incident Handling and Hacking Exploits (GCIH); Firewalls, VPNs, and Perimeter Protection (GCFW); Securing Windows (GCFW); Securing Unix (GCUX); and Auditing Networks, Perimeters, and Systems (GCNA). He is currently the chairman of the SANS Unix Security Certification Board. John also assisted in the development of the SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp.

Technical Reviewers

Mike Poor is a security analyst for Compugenx, a Washington, D.C.-based consulting company. He holds SANS, GSEC, and GCIA certifications. As a security analyst, he conducts vulnerability assessments, penetration tests and security audits and administers intrusion detection systems. Previously, Mike has worked in network engineering and systems, network, and Web administration. He is currently working on merging Snort, Shadow, and ngrep to bring more analytical power to the analyst. .

Sheila Ettinger is gainfully employed as a Unix Systems Administrator at Concordia University in Montreal. In her previous life, she worked in contract research and as a technical writer, software tester, and Windows trainer. Sheila is currently part of the design team involved in a project to reorganize Concordia's IT services. (She is being dragged kicking and screaming into the world of Active Directory. We'll let you know if she survives.)

In addition to her day job, Sheila teaches evening computer courses at Concordia's Center for Continuing Education and is a Program Consultant for the center's Computer Institute. In her down time, she enjoys playing clarinet in a number of community concert bands and taking courses in the university's music department.

David Goldsmith has been working in the computer and network industry for over 10 years, of which he has focused the last 3 on Internet connectivity and system/network security. From 1990 to 1995, he worked for the USMC as a system/network administrator and systems engineer. From 1995 to 1999, he worked for Ocean Systems Engineering Corporation providing system administration and network security support for the USMC. David currently has his own business, Rappahannock Technologies, Incorporated, which focuses on providing network security consulting services to commercial companies. He holds a degree in computer science from the University of California, San Diego.