Frank Bakos
Founder and Instructor

Frank is the Founder of InfoSec Institute. He has worked in Information Security in both the public and private sector for over 18 years. As a decorated combat veteran of the the United States Marine Corps, Frank knows security "under fire". He was one of the first people to establish an information warfare Incident Response Team at the Department of Defense. Frank has testified before US Congress on cybersecurity issues, been interviewed by MSNBC, CNN, NBC Nightly News and other media outlets for his opinions on information security and cyberterrorism. Frank has been teaching information security training for over 10 years, and continuously rated as a top instructor from his students. He is currently working on his first book Practical SCADA Security, in print 2Q 2004.

Jack Koziol
Senior Instructor

Jack, the lead author of The Shellcoder's Handbook: Discovering and Exploiting Security Holes, is a Senior Instructor and Security Program Manager at InfoSec Institute, a provider of advanced ethical hacking training. He regularly is called upon to train members of the United States intelligence community, military, and federal law enforcement agencies. Additionally, Jack provides training for Fortune 500 companies, such as Microsoft, HP and Citibank on how to better secure their networks and applications.

When not teaching hacking classes, Jack regularly performs penetration tests and application security assessments for a number of clients. He has years of private vulnerability development and exploitation experience for his customers and himself. Jack is also the author of Intrusion Detection with Snort , one of the best selling security books in its first year of publication, 2003. The book has been translated into several languages, including French and Japanese, and has received rave reviews from Linux Journal, Slashdot and Information Security Magazine. Jack has appeared in USA Today, CNN, MSNBC, First Business and other media outlets for his expert opinions on information security.

Terrence O'Brien
Instructor

Terrence has worked in Information Security in both the public and private sector for over 9 years. He has public and "private" vulnerability discovery and development experience. Terrence is often called upon by Fortune 100 companies to assess security of mission critical information systems, such as ATM, cellular base station, and wire transfer software. He regularly performs penetration tests for national financial institutions, hedge funds, and insurance providers. Terrence was the top rated ethical hacking instructor at his previous employer. He graduated with summa cum laude from Stanford University with a bachelor's degree in computer science.