Instructors

Keith Palmgren is a Cybersecurity professional with over 30 years of experience specializing in the IT Security field. He is a SANS Senior Instructor and the author of SANS SEC301: "Introduction to Cyber Security."  

Keith also runs a successful security consulting practice, working with corporate leadership and security staff to help lower their organization's risk.  Keith divides his remaining time between freelance writing and his family.

Keith began his career in January 1985 with the U.S. Air Force working with cryptographic keys & codes management. He also worked in, what was at the time, the newly-formed Air Force computer security department. Following the Air Force, Keith joined AT&T/Lucent as a Senior Security Architect working on engagements with the DoD and the National Security Agency.

Later, as Security Consulting Practice Manager for Sprint, Keith built and ran the second largest security consulting practice of its time. He was responsible for all Sprint security consulting worldwide and for leading dozens of security professionals on many consulting engagements across all business spectrums.

During his career, Keith has authored 22 training courses.  The American Council on Education certified seven of those courses as eligible for college credit.  

Keith currently holds ten computer security certifications (CISSP, GSEC, GCIH, GCED, GISF, CEH, Security+, Network+, A+, CTT+).

Here is What Students Say About Keith Palmgren:

"Keith Palmgren is an instructor in his own class. He combines a wealth of security knowledge with real-life applicable scenarios and delivers as if he was your own Obi-Wan Kenobi." - Jason Torres, Rush University Medical Center

"Keith Palmgren is a master instructor! He articulates computer technology and security controls in laymen's terms and engages the entire class. I registered with reticence and concluded with an unanticipated level of confidence. Thanks SANS and Keith!" - Rex Pugmire, Workfront, Inc.