Eric Cole is a former CIA employee who today is a highly regarded speaker for the SANS Institute. He has a BS and MS in Computer Science from New York Institute of Technology and is finishing up his Ph.D. in network security, emphasizing intrusion detection and steganongraphy. Eric has extensive experiences with all aspects of Information Security, including cryptography, steganography, intrusion detection, NT security, UNIX security, TCP/IP and network security, Internet security, router security, security assessment, penetration testing, firewalls, secure web transactions, electronic commerce, SSL, IPsec, and information warfare. Eric is among SANS' highest-rated insructors; he has developed several courses and speaks on a variety of topics. An adjunct professor at Georgetown University, Eric has also taught at New York Institute of Technology. He also created and led Teligent's corporate security.
