Instructor Profile: Bob Hewitt

Bob Hewitt has been active in information security since 1994. He began his career as a Network Engineer in the United States Air Force and was first introduced into information security when he discovered malicious activities against the infrastructure he was managing. He continued on in various technical roles and eventually became a Lead Information Technology Instructor. For the past 16 years, he has been the CISO for a Software as a Service provider that provides services to charitable foundations and financial institutions and oversees program management, compliance, SOC operations, penetration testing, and privacy. He has also advised numerous organizations on beginning and managing their information security programs and is a frequent presenter on varying topics at information security and financial industry conferences.

He is an advocate that defenders must be capable of blue team functions as well as red team to be successful and maintains the GSEC, GCIH, GPEN, GWAPT, CISSP, and other security and privacy certifications. After 25 years in Information Security, Bob is a firm believer that to be successful we must evolve with the threat landscape by continuing to learn.