Community Author Information
Name: Rick Wanner
Email: rwanner - a .t . - pobox.com
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Profession: Corporate Security, SaskTel
Website: www.whitehats.ca/main/members/Cerberus/Cerberus.html
Details / Bio: Rick has dabbled in Information Security since the 1980’s, and has worked full time in the field since 1996. He is active with the SANS Institute, a non-profit organization which is one of the leading organizations for research, vendor neutral education, and training for information security and system administration professionals. He has participated in numerous projects for SANS, including as a grader for the GCFW certification, an active member of the GCFW and GSEC advisory boards, the Top 20 Vulnerabilities project, the OpenSSH - A Survival Guide for Secure Shell , as a technical editor for GSEC certification course revisions, and as a local mentor for the GCFW certification. Rick has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Regina and holds a number of GIAC certifications including GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC) certification, GIAC Certified Firewall Analyst (GCFW) certification, and GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH) as well as a couple of certificates, GIAC Advanced Hacker Techniques (GHTQ), and GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware (GREM). Rick also holds an Information Systems Professional (I.S.P.) designation from the Canadian Institute of Information Processing Society (CIPS). Rick is currently employed in Corporate Security at SaskTel, the incumbent telecommunications provider in Saskatchewan Canada.
 
Articles by Rick Wanner
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