Erik Van Buggenhout
Associate Professor
Co-Founder and Partner at NVISO
Specialities
Offensive Operations
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About Erik
Erik Van Buggenhout is a SANS Senior Instructor, co-founder of NVISO, and lead author of SEC599: Defeating Advanced Adversaries – Purple Team Tactics & Kill Chain Defenses and SEC699: Advanced Purple Teaming – Adversary Emulation & Detection Engineering, and in the past, he also co-authored SEC560: Enterprise Penetration Testing. At NVISO, Erik is currently the head of Managed Security Services, which is primarily focused on 24x7 Managed Detection and Response services. Together with his team, Erik helps organizations improve how well they detect and respond to cyber security incidents.
Press & Media
Recognitions
- RSA Conference / Speaker / Various Years Find all RSA presentations from Erik here
- HSTalks Journal Publication / Publication / 2024 Published 'Purple Teaming: A comprehensive and collaborative approach to cybersecurity
