Merritt Security

Meet Our
Instructors

One of the biggest things that sets the Merritt College Cybersecurity Program apart from other cybersecurity programs — including boot camps and even four-year universities — is our instructors. Many of the people who teach our classes are actively working in security positions at top companies in the Bay Area. As a result, they’re able to share practical knowledge about modern security threats, and how to solve them.

Current Instructors

Omer Ayfer

Principal
Ayfer Network LLC

Teaches

System and Network Security

Vaibhav Bhandari

Instructor
Cyber Defenders

Teaches

Computer Forensics Fundamentals
Intrusion Detection in Depth: Compliance, Security, Forensics, and Troubleshooting

Fred Bret-Mounet

Chief Information Security Officer
Clarify Health Solutions

Teaches

Application in Information Security
Secure Coding in Java and .Net
Web Application Pen Testing

Sarah Cox

Senior Technical Instructional Designer
FireEye, Inc.

Teaches

CodePath

Jason Hengels

CEO
Exposure Security

Teaches

Application in Information Security
Secure Coding in Java and .Net
Web Application Pen Testing

James Kennedy

Instructor
Merritt College

Teaches

Introduction to Computer Programming
Introduction to Computer Science

Joshua Kirkes

IT Director
Horsley Bridge Partners

Teaches

System and Network Security

Ahsan Mir

CEO, Co-Founder
Rapticore Inc.

Teaches

Hacker Guard: Security Baseline Training for IT Administrators and Operations

Carole Rogers

Instructor
Peralta Community College

Teaches

Computer Forensics Fundamentals
Hacker Guard: Security Baseline Training for IT Administrators and Operations
Intrusion Detection in Depth: Compliance, Security, Forensics, and Troubleshooting

Tim Stepanov

Security DevOps Engineer
Airtable

Teaches

Cloud Security Fundamentals
Hacker Techniques, Exploits, and Incident Handling

Steven Sterns

Director of Information Security
eBay

Teaches

Computer Forensics Fundamentals
Intrusion Detection in Depth: Compliance, Security, Forensics, and Troubleshooting

Julie Tsai

Information Security Leader and Advisor
Roblox

Teaches

Computer Forensics Fundamentals
Intrusion Detection in Depth: Compliance, Security, Forensics, and Troubleshooting

Brian Zaugg

Head of Security
Authentic8

Teaches

Computer Forensics Fundamentals
Intrusion Detection in Depth: Compliance, Security, Forensics, and Troubleshooting

Privacy Policy

GENERAL

The Merritt Security Program respects the privacy of every individual who visits our websites or responds to our interactive advertisements. This privacy statement outlines the information The Merritt Security Program will collect and how we will use that information. This statement will also instruct you on what to do if you do not want your personal information collected or shared when you visit The Merritt Security Program websites or respond to our advertisements.

PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION

The Merritt Security Program will not collect any personally-identifiable information about you (that is, your name, address, telephone number, or email address) unless you provide it to us voluntarily. If you do not want your personally-identifiable information collected, please do not submit it to us. If you have already submitted this information and would like for us to remove it from our records, please contact us at the Web site, listed at the bottom of this statement. We will use reasonable efforts to delete your information from our existing files. When you do provide us with personally-identifiable information, we may use that information to improve our program going forward.

NON-PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION COLLECTED AUTOMATICALLY

In some cases, we may collect information about you that is not personally-identifiable. Examples of this type of information include the type of Internet browser you are using, the type of computer operating system you are using, and the domain name of the website from which you linked to our site or advertisement.

INFORMATION WE MAY PLACE AUTOMATICALLY ON YOUR COMPUTER'S HARD DRIVE

When you view one of our websites or advertisements, we may store some information on your computer. This information will be in the form of a "cookie" or similar file and will help us in many ways. For example, cookies allow us to tailor a website or advertisement to better match your interests and preferences. With most Internet browsers, you can erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block all cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. Please refer to your browser instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions.

WHO TO CONTACT

Further questions? Contact us info@merittsecurity.com