WWHF @ Mile High 2025: Full Schedule

8:30am MST

Advanced Endpoint Investigations - Day 1

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Speakers

Alissa Torres

Alissa Torres is passionate about security operations and empowering analysts to succeed in blue team ops. Her professional experience in various security roles over her career includes forensic investigations, enterprise incident response and threat hunting, security services consulting... Read More →

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Pre-Con Training

8:30am MST

AI for Cybersecurity Professionals - Day 1

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Speakers

Derek Banks

Security Analyst, Black Hills Information Security

Derek Banks has been with Black Hills Information Security (BHIS) since 2014 as a security analyst, penetration tester and red teamer, and now fulfills a leadership role in the BHIS Security Operations Center (SOC). He has a B.S. in Information Systems and a M.S. in Data Science... Read More →

Joff Thyer

Joff Thyer has been a Security Analyst with Black Hills Information Security (BHIS) since 2013. He has an associate in Computer Science, a B.S. in Mathematics, and an M.S. in Computer Science, as well as several certifications. The best part of a penetration test for Joff is developing... Read More →

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Pre-Con Training

8:30am MST

Attack-Detect-Defend (ADD) - Day 1

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Speakers

Jordan Drysdale

Security Analyst, Penetration tester, and Systems Admin, Black Hills Information Security

Jordan Drysdale has been with the Black Hills Information Security (BHIS) tribe since December 2015. He is a Security Analyst, as well as a member of the systems administration team. Jordan came to BHIS with a strong background, including many years in networking tech support and... Read More →

Kent Ickler

Kent started his Information Technology career working for an Internet Service Provider supporting the MidWest’s broadband initiatives of the early 2000s. His interest in technology and business operations drove his career into working for multiple Fortune 500 companies and equipping... Read More →

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Pre-Con Training

8:30am MST

Breaching the Cloud - Day 1

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Speakers

Beau Bullock

Senior Security Analyst, Antisyphon Training

Beau is a Senior Security Analyst at Black Hills Information Security where he performs penetration tests and red team assessments. He is the author of various red team/pentest tools such as MailSniper, PowerMeta, HostRecon, and DomainPasswordSpray. Beau is a host of the web shows... Read More →

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Pre-Con Training, In-Person Only

8:30am MST

Enterprise Forensics and Response - Day 1

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Speakers

Gerard Johansen

A cyber security professional with over a decade of experience specializing in digital forensics, incident response, and threat intelligence. After a decade in law enforcement, transitioned into the private sector working in large enterprise and consulting. During my tenure in cyber... Read More →

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Pre-Con Training

8:30am MST

Foundations of SOC with Elastic and Jira - Day 1

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Speakers

Hayden Covington

Hayden Covington is a Senior Analyst in Black Hills Information Security’s SOC where he specializes in training, quality assurance, detection engineering, and investigative analysis. With a previous background as a SOC analyst for a US naval contractor, Hayden has extensive experience... Read More →

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Pre-Con Training

8:30am MST

Intro to IoT Hacking - Day 1

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Speakers

Rick Wisser

Security Analyst, Black Hills Information Security

I am a Security Analyst for Black Hills Information Security. We are a great group of Security Professionals that have been there and understand the pain it is to implement security features and are here to aid our customers whenever possible.

David Fletcher

David Fletcher has been working for Black Hills Information Security (BHIS) as a Security Analyst since 2015. He has spent most of his career working for the US Air Force and engaged in a variety of disciplines within the IT industry including boundary defense, web and application... Read More →

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Pre-Con Training, In-Person Only

8:30am MST

Introduction to Cybersecurity in Space Systems (ICSS): Hardware Edition - Day 1

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Speakers

Tim Fowler

Tim Fowler is an Offensive Security Analyst and Penetration Tester that joined the team at Black Hills Information Security in 2021. Tim has obtained and maintains multiple industry certifications (OSCE, OSCP, OSWE, CRTO, CRTL, CISSP) and has leveraged his skills and knowledge both... Read More →

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Pre-Con Training, In-Person Only

8:30am MST

Introduction to Pentesting - Day 1

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Speakers

John Strand

John Strand has both consulted and taught hundreds of organizations in the areas of security, regulatory compliance, and penetration testing. He is a coveted speaker and much-loved SANS teacher. John is a contributor to the industry-shaping Penetration Testing Execution Standard and... Read More →

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Pre-Con Training

8:30am MST

Modern Webapp Pentesting II: Webapp Internals - Day 1

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Speakers

BB King

BB started pentesting professionally in 2008 at the largest financial services company you’ve never heard of. As the second hire on the application security team, he helped define standards and grow the team to a group of more than 30 testers. Through teaching in that environment... Read More →

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Pre-Con Training

8:30am MST

Next Level OSINT - Day 1

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Speakers

Mishaal Khan

Mishaal is a highly respected figure in cybersecurity, with expertise in ethical hacking, Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), social engineering, and privacy. Mishaal’s engaging approach involves live demos, making cybersecurity accessible and enjoyable, while his strength lies in... Read More →

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Pre-Con Training

8:30am MST

Offense for Defense - Day 1

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Speakers

Jason Downey

Security Consultant, Red Siege

Jason Downey has over ten years of professional experience in IT and information security ranging in a variety of roles in network security roles with additional experience in systems administration. Jason has spoken in front of various audiences ranging from youth initiatives to... Read More →

Tim Medin

Red Siege

Tim is the CEO and founder of Red Siege Information Security. He is the creator of the Kerberoasting. Tim was a Senior Instructor and course author (SEC560) at The SANS Institute. Tim has performed penetration tests on a wide range of organizations and technologiesTim is an experienced... Read More →

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Pre-Con Training

8:30am MST

Ransomware Attack Simulation and Investigation for Blue Teamers - Day 1

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Speakers

Markus Schober

Markus Schober is the founder of a blue team training and consulting company named Blue Cape Security. Prior to that, he served as a manger and Principal Security Consultant at IBM X-Force Incident Response. Over the past decade he has led numerous cyber security breach investigations... Read More →

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Pre-Con Training

8:30am MST

Red Team Initial Access - Day 1

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Speakers

Michael Allen

Michael Allen is a Senior Security Analyst and Red Team Practice Lead who joined the team at Black Hills Information Security (BHIS) in 2019. Having started hacking and picking locks at an early age, Michael has since turned “doing things he’s not supposed to do and going places... Read More →

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Pre-Con Training

8:30am MST

Securing the Cloud: Foundations - Day 1

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Speakers

Andrew Krug

Andrew Krug is a Security Geek specializing in Cloud and Identity and Access Management. Andrew brings 15 years experience at the intersection of security, education, and systems administration. As a fierce advocate for Open Source and founder of ThreatResponse tool suite, Andrew... Read More →

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Pre-Con Training

8:30am MST

Threat Hunting & Incident Response with Velociraptor - Day 1

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Speakers

Whitney Champion

Whitney is the lead solutions architect at LimaCharlie and a co-founder and former lead architect of Recon InfoSec. She is a seasoned security architect and engineer with over 15 years of experience in designing and automating large-scale security infrastructure. She began her journey... Read More →

Eric Capuano

Eric Capuano is a Director at LimaCharlie and a SANS DFIR Instructor with over a decade of experience in Security Operations, Digital Forensics, and Incident Response. He began his Information Security career as a Tactics Developer for the United States Air Force, later transitioning... Read More →

Tuesday February 4, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm MST

Pre-Con Training