He is a 32yo Senior Developer with 11 years of professional experience. In his spare time, he actively promotes Ethical Hacking as a way to develop security awareness. He is bridging the distance between practical applications and theoretical knowledge, by publishing detailed hacking challenges write-ups, participating in CTF events, and presenting step-by-step guides on CyberEthical.Me.

Howard Poston has over a decade of experience in C, C++, Java programming and a background in cybersecurity. He is a blockchain and cybersecurity trainer, writer, consultant, and researcher and has a Master’s degree in Cyber Operations, and is a Certified Ethical Hacker. Howard also has experience in teaching online courses, having created and delivered half a dozen different courses live, remotely, and on-demand on different cybersecurity topics

Victor has a PhD in Computer Science, with research area on algorithms for robotic exploration and mapping. He is a Postdoc in developing algorithms and software for robotic systems (using ROS, a Linux (Ubuntu) based OS system for robots). He has 4 years' experience as a Software developer and engineer of ERP system for aviation industry. He has worked for 6 years as a part-time course instructor, teaching CS courses in universities, including Linux and shell scripting. He has also worked for 4 years as a full-time course instructor (to present), teaching CS courses in university, including Linux and shell scripting (both in-person and online). He is popular among students for presenting clear, organized and interactive lectures, and for being patient and humorous. He Likes to keep learning and researching to be always at the front of innovation with an open minded and positive spirt.

Riyaz Rafi Ahmed has intense experience in Information Security, VAPT, AWS - Security, Ruby on Rails - Programming

Security (building security solutions from scratch), Blue-teaming, and Security Awareness Training. He has completed over 13 professional courses in the domain of security from various universities such as the University System of Georgia and University of California San Diego and has given multiple talks on topics related to digital privacy and security online in various colleges and national organizations attended by students and subject matter experts alike. Having spent close to 2 years in the domain and given multiple talks on various topics, Riyaz understands how developers start out as he himself is one and is the perfect trainer for this course on understanding security with the example of ruby on rails.

Dan Shoemaker has been involved in the field of software assurance since its beginnings in 2005. He was part of the original software assurance initiative at the Department of Homeland Security and Chaired its Workforce Training and Education arm for four years, 2008 to 2012. He was a subject matter expert for both the NICE Workforce Framework and the Cybersecurity Curricular Guidelines projects. He has been a consultant and practitioner in the field for close to forty years and a professor for thirty-five. Finally, he is a Distinguished Visitor of the IEEE. and he has written twelve books and close to two-hundred articles in the field.

The author of this course is Chris Bingham. He is the founder of two Cybersecurity organizations: Bsides Triad and InfoSec GSO. He is experienced not only in the technical aspects pertaining to this course but an effective communicator and teacher as well. You will find a very natural progression of this course as your skills improve, from beginner to intermediate. He is a seasoned and experienced user of Linux and he understands the needs of a student and tailors his courses accordingly.