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(re)surge has more than 10 years experience serving as data specialists, forensic auditors, technical leads, and security analysts for home and business users, the military and related government offices.

We hold certifications in CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional), GIAC GREM (Reverse Engineering), GIAC GCFA (Certified Forensic Analyst), GIAC GCIA (Global Information Assurance and Intrusion Detection), and GIAC GCIH (Certified Incident Handler). We have always been involved in computer/networking in some way, from early days of building PCs and networking to leading a full team in charge of LAN security and administration.

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Find out how (re)surge is establishing cooperation, not competition, with Portage County businesses in a combined effort to provide an overall information protection and security approach to our data. Click here.

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Courses Recently Taught

Are you interested in courses for network and host security, application security, malware analysis, or any other security training? Contact us with your needs at training@re-surge.net.

Debugging/Disassembling a Basic Binary, learn the inner-workings of a basic binary. Then discovery encoding techniques use when packing the binary and removing imports (functionality). Then finishing with analyzing the encoding scheme, (re)create the original binary, and finally (re)building it with full functionality.

Buffer-Overflow/Application Security, an introduction to application security and how to exploit poor programming and applications and create our own execution code in it's place.

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Recent News

John received a 100-percent on recent QualysGuard Security Certification.
May Coming Soon! A (re)-vamped, state-of-the-art clean room and hard-drive diagnostic center.
Mar Coming Soon! System security architecture assessments consisting of detailed perimeter security reviews, hardening techniques, external presence analysis, and policy developments.
Dec: Read about how we take proactive steps to securing your data through encryption; mirroring current trends of state institutions, governments, and universities as they move ahead with securing their data. Read about their latest agreement and approach to data security here.
Dec: John co-won the Information Security and Assurance Award at the NSA level for best IA operations and support world-wide.
Dec: Re-certified with Incident Handling and Hacker Techniques (members since 2001).
Dec: Invited to become a member of SANS Advisory Board, a technical medium for courseware development and certifications.
Praised by SANS/GIAC PhD Board for Intrusion Detection Data Analysis.
Praised by GIAC Certification board for highest scoring Practical submission they have seen yet, Practical "Intrusion Detection In-Depth".
Commendation medal for Intrusion Detection Incident lead analyst.

Current Projects

Forensic investigations and vulnerability assessment for several sub-station utility companies.
Email (re)covery and restoration for financial institution.
Upcoming security briefings and white paper for malware analysis, utilizing stego-techniques, to hide malicious applications.

Case-studies of our work

A Compromise of a University
Intrusion Detection In-Depth

Discovery of How a Hacker Gained Control of a System
Discovery of a Rootkit: A simple scan leads to a complex solution

Incident Handling and Response to Intrusions
Once Bitten Twice Sly - Common Exploits Fueled by Common Mishap

Data Recovery Intrusion Analysis Incident Handling Forensics Data Protection