Alan Paller founded SANS, a professional cybersecurity training school that trains more than 40,000 cybersecurity technologists each year. He was the founder and former president of SANS Technology Institute, the nation's first regionally accredited specialized cybersecurity college and graduate school. He was also the founder and former president of SANS Technology Institute, the nation's first regionally accredited specialized cybersecurity college and graduate school. Alan edited NewsBites, the twice-weekly curated summary of the most important news stories in cybersecurity, oversaw a global program that identifies and celebrates people responsible for remarkable improvement in cyber risk reduction, and chaired the annual RSA keynote panel on the "Seven Most Dangerous New Attack Vectors."