We are very excited to present to our listeners an exclusive interview with Mike Poor & Ed Skoudis of Intelguardians and The SANS Institute. Larry, The Mason, and myself spoke with Mike and Ed about a wide range of information security topics. This is part I of a two part interview.
In part I we discuss:
- First computers that Mike and Ed owned (NOT 0wn3d, see part II for that, kidding of course :)
- How Mike and Ed got their start in the information technology field
- They describe the primary courses they teach at SANS, GCIA and GCIH
- A really good description of SANS EDU
- Their experiences as incident handlers for The Internet Storm Center (ISC)
- Recent security incident trends, such as more hackers going to jail
- Botnet economics and strategies, plus ways to defend against the almighty botnet
- Current malware trends and defense mechanisms, including Mike Poor's commentary on IDS and malware
Hosts: Larry Pesce, Paul Asadoorian, "The Mason"
Email: psw@pauldotcom.com
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Great interview! Ed and Mike are excellent. I have been in both of there classes. They are both great instructors. I really enjoyed Mike's class and his humor. Whenever someone had a question about the material, Mike would drop down to a shell and show the student the answer by demonstrating it with tcpdump right in front of the class. Very impressive. He was the only instructor that I know of at that time that actually presented from a Linux OS running on a Fujitsu Lifebook and Crossover Office with PowerPoint while everyone else was using Windows.
Thanks to Paul and Larry for bringing these two onto the show. I will be in Orlando at the SANS conference so lets make sure we get together for a beer.
-jhs
Just as John said, Mike is a great instructor. You could tell he enjoyed teaching the class and he knew the information very well. As of today I have not experienced Ed's teaching style, however tomorrow I begin my Hacker Techniques class at Virginia Tech. Everything I have heard about Ed has been positive and I am excited to be in the class.