Jonathan Trull – SecOps Labs & Optiv
| July 30-31 & August 1-2To drive home the lessons, students will be required to complete increasingly more difficult hands-on security related coding challenges. Students may also elect to compete in a final hack-a-thon competition sponsored by Phantom (www.phantom.us) and present their project to the class and a panel of industry renowned security experts for judging. One lucky student will take home a $2,500 cash prize as the winner of the competition.
Jonathan Trull is an experienced information security executive bringing more than 15 years of public and private sector experience to his current role. As vice president, information security with Optiv, Trull is responsible for developing and executing the company's information security strategy and program. Prior to his role at Accuvant, Trull was the chief information security officer (CISO) for Qualys where he was responsible for securing infrastructure and products, bringing security best practices to customers, providing strategic direction on the development of the QualysGuard Security Platform, researching realworld threats and providing guidance on how to address them. In his previous role as the CISO for the State of Colorado, Trull significantly reduced the state's risk by developing and executing a successful security program, known as Secure Colorado, for 17 executive branch agencies encompassing 26,000 employees and 150,000 systems. Trull also served as the Deputy State Auditor for the State of Colorado and as a lieutenant commander for the U.S. Navy focusing on computer network defense, attack and intelligence. Trull is dedicated to teaching and mentoring the next generation of cyber security professionals and serves on the faculty at Regis University in the information assurance graduate program, where he develops and teaches courses on network forensics, security architecture and design, malware analysis and legal concepts in information security. Trull is a long time advocate for using public-private partnerships and technological innovations to solve complex problems and make the Internet a safe place for all to work and play. In cooperation with Qualys, SANS Institute, Council on Cyber Security and the State of Colorado, he spearheaded the development of the Qualys Top 4 Controls tool that allows anyone to assess the security of their Windows computer for free. He also worked in cooperation with federal, state and private sector partners to form the Colorado Joint Cyber Crime Task Force, one of the nation's first cyber crime information sharing centers, with a primary focus of increasing cyber resiliency within Colorado. Trull has established himself as an innovative security leader and was recently named by the SANS Institute as one of the "People Who Made a Difference in Cybersecurity." He serves as an advisor to several security startups and venture capital firms, and has spoken at major security events such as RSA, Black Hat, Gartner, CSO50 and SANS. Trull is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and an Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP). He earned a master's degree from the University of North Texas and a bachelor's degree from Metropolitan State University of Denver.
