Nicholas Lane Nicholas Lane, A+, Network+, Security+, CASP+, CISSP, (Las Vegas, NV) is a globally-recognized cybersecurity instructor and practitioner with 20 years of experience in the industry. He frequently travels to military bases to deliver advanced secuity certification courses and has trained the DoD, FBI Academy, United Nations, and many Fortune 500 organizations. He is one of a select few educators worldwide to be hand-picked by CompTIA to serve on the Network+ Advisory Committee, which oversees the development of all Network+ exam objectives. He also serves on CompTIA’s Instructor Network Advisory Committee which pools together the subject matter expertise of thousands of instructors worldwide for the furtherance of Information Technology. Nick currently holds 18 IT certifications including CASP, CEH, CEI, CompTIA Security+, SMSP, MCT, MCSE, MCITP, CompTIA Network+, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Cloud+, CompTIA Cloud Essentials and others. He was named a “Cybersecurity Professional of the Year” finalist by the San Diego Business Journal, and was a contributing writer to McGraw-Hill Education’s Cloud+ Certification CV0-002 Study Guide, Second Edition, in addition to writing certification blogs for CompTIA. He has received distinguished training awards in Las Vegas, Palm Springs, Orlando, and Nashville. His security mission is to help all individuals from military commanders to the end-user embrace the reality that good security is supposed to be annoying, provided that it annoys the enemy just a little bit more. Read More Read Less