Summary
Jim Clausing is a cybersecurity educator and practitioner with over 40 years in the industry and more than a decade focused on hands-on incident response, malware reverse engineering, packet analysis, and network forensics. As a long-serving SANS Principal Instructor and Internet Storm Center handler, he teaches advanced FOR610 courses and mentors practitioners on intrusion detection and firewall management. He also serves on the GIAC Board of Directors and consults for AT&T on malware analysis, forensics, and botnet tracking, combining academic rigor with operational threat hunting. Jim’s background includes university-level teaching and a strong research foundation as a Ph.D. candidate in computer science, which informs his methodical approach to dissecting complex attacks. Colleagues value his rare blend of deep technical chops, decades-long institutional knowledge, and a knack for translating low-level network evidence into actionable defensive strategies.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Math and Computer Science, BS, Math and Computer Science at Muskingum University
Miamisburg High School
Ph.D. candidate, Computer Science, Ph.D. candidate, Computer Science at The Ohio State University