Jeff McJunkin

Assistant Professor

CEO at Rogue Valley Information Security

Specialities

Offensive Operations

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About Jeff

Jeff McJunkin is the founder and principal consultant of Rogue Valley Information Security and a SANS Principal Instructor, where he is co-author and teaches SEC560: Enterprise Penetration Testing and SEC580: Metasploit for Enterprise Penetration Testing. Throughout his career, Jeff has specialized in helping organizations understand how real attackers move through enterprise environments and how defenders can detect and stop them. His consulting work has included penetration testing and red team engagements for organizations ranging from regional businesses to Fortune 100 enterprises, giving students direct exposure to techniques and scenarios drawn from real-world assessments.

Press & Media

Recognitions

Defender Fridays Podcast / Podcast / 2026 Real Examples of AI-Powered Code Scanning with Jeff McJunkin
Wild West Hackin' Fest (WWHF) / Conference Presentation / 2026 How To Learn Faster With AI: Sampling Broadly, Delving Efficiently, Absorbing Fully
Trimarc Security - Happy Hour Podcast / Podcast Guest / 2024 "Destroying Technical Debt" and improving long-term security program effectiveness
Defender Fridays / Podcast Guest / 2024 Detection, defense, and practical security operations insights.
Wild West Hackin' Fest (WWHF) / Conference Presentation / 2023 Destroying Fog of War: Realistic End-to-End Attacks and Detective Controls
Black Hills InfoSec / Conference Presentation / 2022 How To Detect Attackers Inside Your Network Because You Can’t Win Whack-A-Mole While Blindfolded
RSA Conference / Speaker / Various Years Find all RSA presentations from Jeff here

Student Reviews

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Jeff is an awesome instructor and explains very complex topics in an easy to understand manner! Thank you for this great course!”
Walt CarruthReal Page
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Jeff is insanely clever, funny, and totally at home in front and leading a class. I would gravitate to courses led by Jeff without a second thought.”
Matt HunterNational eCrime Team
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Willingness to provide in world examples to the methodology as well as provide multiple ways for the student to learn (Lecture, Labs, Show, Do). As this was my first SANS course, I'm grateful that he was the instructor.”
Bill NobileNielsenIQ