EXPERIENCE
Adam Compton has been a programmer, researcher, instructor, professional pen tester, father, husband, and farmer. Adam has nearly two decades of experience in programming, network security, incident response, security assessment, and penetration testing. Throughout Adam’s career, he has worked for both federal and international government agencies as well as the private sector.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
- B.S. Computer Science – University of Kentucky
- B.S. Mathematics – University of Kentucky
INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTIONS
Adam has developed and contributed to several open source projects. Adam has also presented at a variety of conferences, from local BSides to BlackHat Europe.
PASSION FOR SECURITY
Adam’s passion for security originated with programming and has progressed through nearly the entire info gambit.
Featured Blogs And Resources
Discover the blogs, analysis, webinars, and podcasts by this team member.
Ask Me Anything: Pen Testing from a Hacker's Perspective
Do you have a question you've always wanted to ask about penetration testing? Covering topics like findings and best practices, you will have the opportunity…
Creating Your Career Path in Information Security
TrustedSec Senior Security Consultant Adam Compton will lead a discussion about different paths to a potential career in infosec.
PenTesting Fails: What to do When You Make (a Lot of) Mistakes in InfoSec
Join TrustedSec for a light-hearted webinar featuring stories about making mistakes in your InfoSec career and how to best learn from them.
DOD Contract Compliance: DFARS 7012 and CMMC
Advisory Compliance Practice Lead Chris Camejo will take a deep dive into the Department of Defense requirements for protecting FCI and CUI.
Solving NIST Password Complexities: Guidance From a GRC Perspective
Not another password change! Isn’t one (1) extra-long password enough? As a former Incident Response, Identity and Access Control, and Education and Awareness…
Security Noise - Episode 7.8
Farewell 2024
Malware Series: Process Injection Mapped Sections
We're back with another post about common malware techniques. This time, we are talking about using shared memory sections to inject and execute code in a…
The Lost Underground
Join TrustedSec Principal Security Consultant Mike Felch for an eye-opening journey into the lost underground, where ingenuity, disobedience, and complexity…
Top 10 Blogs of 2024
At TrustedSec, we are all about leveraging our collective intelligence and knowledge to uplift the cybersecurity community. One of our most popular educational…
TrustedSec Tech Brief - December 2024 Year-End Top 3 Roundup
We are rounding up our top Tech Brief stories of 2024! Director of Security Intelligence Carlos Perez goes over what we have seen the most of this year and his…
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