In over 20 years of security consulting, Randy Williams has worked across the United States and the globe in places like Kuwait, Tunisia, Singapore, China and the Philippines. Projects have included: deployment of network management instrumentation, defensive countermeasures evaluation, penetration testing, post-breach analysis and establishing an education center in the Middle East.
Randy began his career as a contract cable-runner for the DuPont Company. He worked his way up to become network security manager for one of its largest sites. Today he is a provider of technical consulting services to businesses and government organizations.
Over the years, Randy has worked as a consultant with key players in network security and management. His list of clients includes McAfee, Trusted Information Systems, Network General/NetScout and a few government agencies. He also provides security-related mentoring to individuals and small teams.
Over his 14 years with Learning Tree, Randy has taught courses related to Web development, programming, networking, ethical hacking and security. In addition, he is the author of these Learning Tree courses:
He is the technical editor of Learning Tree’s Certified Ethical Hacker and Preparing for the CompTIA CASP Certification Exam, and a contributing third party to Securing Web Applications, Services and Servers.
Randy’s approaches to consulting and education are simple:
- Security and hacking: Complex defenses always have simple holes. Always.
- Teaching: Examples convey more meaning than a thousand definitions.
- Course development: Lectures support the labs (which is what attendees really want to do), not the other way around.
Randy holds these certifications: Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Certified Cisco Systems Instructor (CCSI), CompTIA Security+, CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP) and Sniffer Certified Professional, Expert and Master. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Illinois.
Based in Northern Virginia, Randy spends his free time tinkering with exploits and making wines. His specialties include Bordeaux blends and Champagnes.
Randy can be reached at www.securitytutoring.com.
