Jake Williams

Williams connects incident response and forensic practice with education. His training and public explanations help operational teams turn technical findings into repeatable investigation and defensive practices.

Overview

Jake Williams is a security practitioner whose work spans incident response, digital forensics, malware reverse engineering, and penetration testing. He founded Rendition InfoSec and has taught and authored courses for the SANS Institute.

SANS biographies identify Williams as a co-author of FOR610 on malware reverse engineering and FOR526 on memory forensics, as well as a contributor to exploit-development training. Those areas are central to handling suspected intrusions: understanding hostile code, collecting evidence, and assessing impact.

His public role has also included conference presentations and practitioner education. This entry describes defensive and investigative work; it does not treat testing methods as authorization to access systems without permission.

Timeline

c. 2000sWorks in security roles supporting government and other organizations before founding Rendition InfoSec.
2010sServes as a SANS instructor and course author in malware analysis and digital forensics.
2016SANS event biography documents Rendition InfoSec leadership and work across response, forensics, and reverse engineering.
PresentContinues advisory, training, and incident-response work.

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Jake Williams

Type: Person
Era: 2000s-Present
Known for: Founding Rendition InfoSec; Teaching and authoring SANS forensic and malware-analysis courses; Work in incident response, digital forensics, and malware reverse engineering; Presenting at security conferences and contributing to practitioner training
Key date: c. 2000s
Tags: incident response, digital forensics, malware reverse engineering, penetration testing, security education

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