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.
The Lost Underground
Join TrustedSec Principal Security Consultant Mike Felch for an eye-opening journey into the lost underground, where ingenuity, disobedience, and complexity…
Security Noise - Episode 7.7
Amazing Stories in InfoSec
On-Demand BOF
From the team that brought you COFF Loader, CS-Situational-Awareness-BOF, CS-Remote-OPs-BOF, and numerous blogs on BOFs, we are excited to release our first…
BEC Basics: Your First Step to Thwarting Email Scams
Join Senior Security Consultant Steven Erwin and Security Consultant Caroline Fenstermacher as they cover the basics of BEC analysis, providing participants…
Discovering a Deserialization Vulnerability in LINQPad
Like most red teamers, I spend quite a lot of time looking for novel vulnerabilities that could be used for initial access or lateral movement. Recently, my…
A 5-Minute Guide to HTTP Response Codes
If you've done any network scanning or application testing, you've run into your fair share of HTTP response codes. If not, these codes will show up in most…
WiCyS Ransomware Panel & Networking Event
Join us for an insightful discussion with the Women in Cyber Security (WiCyS) Northeast Ohio Affiliate members!
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