Systems • Identity • Trust
Human Factors
SITH
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Training is what I do. It’s what I’ve done my entire professional life.
I’m a SANS author and instructor, and before that, I spent years as a Green Beret where training wasn’t theoretical, optional, or abstract. It was how teams survived, adapted, and performed under pressure. That background shapes how I approach cybersecurity education today. I don’t teach to impress. I teach to prepare.
My focus is on building foundations that hold up when conditions change, when stress is high, and when people don’t have time to look things up. What makes this different is that I don’t separate technical accuracy from human reality.
Good training doesn’t just transfer information. It builds confidence, judgment, and the ability to think clearly when things don’t go as planned. Whether I’m teaching beginners or experienced practitioners, the goal is the same: make people more capable than they were before they walked in.
SEC301 - Introduction to Cybersecurity
SEC301 is where people learn how cybersecurity actually works, without needing a technical background to get started. It’s designed to build confidence, not intimidation, and to explain the why behind modern security decisions instead of overwhelming students with tools and acronyms. As the author and instructor, I built SEC301 to reflect how security functions in the real world. Systems, identity, trust, and human behavior are treated as connected parts of the same problem. The goal is simple: by the end of the course, students don’t just know more, they think differently about security.
SEC275 - Foundations: Computers, Technology, & Security
SEC275 is about removing fear from the keyboard. It’s for people who want to understand what’s happening under the hood, gain hands-on familiarity, and stop feeling like cybersecurity is something that happens to them instead of something they can engage with directly. This course focuses on building intuition through practice. Not to turn everyone into an engineer, but to make security concepts tangible. When people understand what they’re interacting with, they make better decisions, ask better questions, and move through technical conversations with confidence.
The Cyber Sanctuary
Learning doesn’t stop when a course ends. The Cyber Sanctuary exists as a place for ongoing conversation, support, and curiosity-driven learning around cybersecurity and adjacent topics. It’s a community built for people at different stages, asking real questions, sharing insights, and learning together without judgment or posturing. No gatekeeping. No noise. Just thoughtful discussion and a shared interest in understanding how these systems shape our lives.