Ron Taylor

Ron has been in the Information Security field for almost 20 years. Ten of

those years were spent in consulting where he gained experience in many

areas. In 2008, he joined the Cisco Global Certification Team as an SME in

Information Assurance . In 2012, he moved into a position with

the Security Research & Operations group (PSIRT) where his focus was mostly

on penetration testing of Cisco products and services. He was also

involved in developing and presenting security training to internal

development and test teams globally. Additionally, he provided consulting support

to many product teams as an SME on product security testing. In his current role, he is a Consulting Systems Engineer specializing in Cisco's security product line.

Certifications include GPEN, GWEB, GCIA, GCIH, GWAPT, RHCE, CCSP, CCNA,

CISSP and MCSE. Ron is also a Cisco Security Blackbelt, SANS mentor, Co-Founder and President of the Raleigh BSides Security Conference, and member of the Packet

Hacking Village team at Defcon.