William “Billy” Meyers
Principal Security Researcher
William has 15 years of experience within the field of information security. He has supported a fortune 5 company as a security engineer, supported many government and commercial customers in various roles within a Security Operations Center (including Incident Response analyst, DMA Lead and SOC Manager), and now as a Principal Security Researcher has supported malware analysis teams as well as penetration testing teams. He has taken the initiative to mentor and train new team members and has led many community events within XOR and other companies he has worked for. These events include quarterly mini conferences, Capture The Flag (CTF), LAN Parties, and other events to build the community and share knowledge. He is a frequent conference attendee and has participated in and won a number of IoT Village CTFs, including winning a Black Badge at BSidesDC for placing First in the competition. William has been active in the SANS community as a Mentor and teacher’s assistant for multiple SANS courses.
