Meet Our Speakers for Prevalent Threats and Proactive Defense - SSP & Mandiant Threat Landscape Brief

SSP & Mandiant will be holding our second Threat Landscape Brief: Prevalent Threats and Proactive Defense! As part of that, we’d like to introduce you to our expert-level speakers.

Meet Our Speakers

Ken Foster, SR. Manager of Sled West, Mandiant

Discussions on August 24th will be led by Ken Foster, a Mandiant expert with rich Penetration Testing experience and deep cybersecurity insight into evolving global threats. He has provided significant cyber analysis and support for the Department of Homeland Security, the State of California, and more, in addition to managing critical Incident Response teams and performing independent cyber assessments at regional, federal, and global levels.

Ken’s expertise is further demonstrated by his professional certifications, including: CISSP, GPEN, GCIH, MCITP-EA, CEH, a Master of Information Technology Degree with emphasis in Information Security, and his status as a former CyberPatriot mentor.


Lander Beyer will also be a contributing speaker on August 24th. He is a Manager at Mandiant, focused on Proactive Services including penetration testing and adversary emulation activities. He has nearly a decade of supporting cyber defense operations, including extensive program management, operational, penetration testing, and network defense experience.

Lander’s expertise is further demonstrated by his breadth of professional certifications, including: CISSP; GPEN; CASP+; CCNA; CompTIA Linux+; 170A Cyber Operations Technicians Course; SEC660 Advanced Penetration Testing, Exploit Writing; SpectorOps Advocary Tactic and Red Team Operations Course; and CEH...

Lander Beyer, Proactive Services Manager, SLED, Mandiant

You’ll have a chance to meet them on August 24th from 11 AM to 1 PM at our Threat Landscape Briefing. The event includes an extended peer-to-peer session from 12 PM to 1 PM with face time with the Mandiant team.

Space is limited, so please register in advance!