Lead Instructor:
Phillip D. "Sherlock" Shade
Phill served in the U.S. Navy for 20 years and specializes in electronic systems investigations, computer security, and Black Hat Investigations. He founded Merlion’s Keep Consulting in 2001, following careers at IBM Global Services, Optimized Engineering, and WildPackets, where he developed the Certified Network Expert certification series. Certified as an instructor for advanced Network Training academies including Wireshark University, Global Knowledge, Network Associates Sniffer University, and Planet-3 Wireless Academy, he travels the world sharing his knowledge.
An internationally recognized expert in network, security and forensics, he draws on his 30+ years of hands-on experience as a network engineer and security consultant in network analysis, troubleshooting, and cyber forensics/security. As a member of the Global Cyber Response Team (GCRT), High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA – US/NL, FBI InfraGard, Computer Security Institute, IEEE and a volunteer with the Cyber Warfare Forum Initiative), he is a frequent consultant to numerous international security, network, technology and government agencies and a speaker at local, regional, national and international network and security events.
Mr. Shade’s clients include the U.S. Department of Defense (Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Army), Federal Aviation Administration, Internal Revenue Service, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Verizon Communication, AT&T, IBM Corporation, Cisco Systems, Quicken Financial Services, Tarrant County Courts, and multiple city agencies including Cities of Fort Worth, Seattle, and Honolulu.
When asked how Phill got involved in the Cyber Forensics world, the answer is; “I blame a fascinating book I read in 1989. That book, “The Cuckoo’s Egg”. While it was a fascinating account of one of the first Internet spy rings, I embraced the concept of ‘Thinking Outside the Conventional Cyber Box’. This concept would make me curious as to why drives formatted on one computer had 12k less space than drives formatted on other systems. In the pre-google days, researching such topics was difficult and time-consuming, but it eventually led me to discover my first computer virus”
Phill Shade is a Certified Wireshark Academy Trainer, employed by SCOS ViaCloud to provide Official Wireshark Academy Classroom/Virtual/In house training in EMEA.
Phill developed special versions of the courses for Law Enforcement and Intelligence Services.