Rob Lee

Curriculum Lead, Digital Forensic Training

The SANS Institute

Rob is the curriculum lead for digital forensic training at the SANS Institute (forensics.sans.org). Rob has more than 13 years' experience in computer forensics, vulnerability and exploit discovery, intrusion detection/prevention, and incident response. Rob graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy and served in the U.S. Air Force as a founding member of the 609th Information Warfare Squadron, the first U.S. military operational unit focused on information operations. Later, he was a member of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations where he conducted computer crime investigations, incident response, and computer forensics. He directly worked with a variety of government agencies in the law enforcement, U.S. Department of Defense, and intelligence communities as the technical lead for a vulnerability discovery and exploit development team, lead for a cyber forensics branch, and lead for a computer forensic and security software development team. Rob also coauthored the bestselling book Know Your Enemy, 2nd Edition. Rob earned his MBA from Georgetown University in Washington DC. Finally, Rob was awarded the Digital Forensic Examiner of the Year from the Forensic 4Cast 2009 Awards.