John Strand is the owner of Black Hills Information Security, a firm specializing in penetration testing, Active Defense and Hunt Teaming services. He is the also the CTO of Offensive Countermeasures, a firm dedicated to tracking advanced attackers inside and outside your network. John is an experienced speaker, having done presentations to the FBI, NASA, the NSA and at various industry conferences. He is a senior instructor with the SANS Institute. He also co-hosts Security Weekly, the world's largest information security podcast; co-authored Offensive Countermeasures: The Art of Active Defense; and writes loud rock music and makes various futile attempts at fly-fishing.
