Feb 17, 2006
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