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.
BEC Basics: Your First Step to Thwarting Email Scams
Join Senior Security Consultant Steven Erwin and Security Consultant Olivia Cate as they cover the basics of BEC analysis, providing participants with…
Ask Me Anything: Advanced Cloud Pen Testing Scenarios
Join TrustedSec Force Cloud Security Practice Lead Paul Burkeland, along with Principal Security Consultant Mike Felch and Security Consultants Edwin David and…
Android Hacking for Beginners
1.1 Prerequisites Set Up an Android Lab: https://www.trustedsec.com/blog/set-up-an-android-hacking-lab/ Burp Suite: https://portswigger.net/burp DVBA…
Newsweek - Hackers May Have Accessed Trove of Intel on Trump and Vance Phones
Hackers may have accessed a trove data and intel on phones belonging to former President Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance. Director of Security…
Team Spotlight - Megan Nilsen
Let’s meet TAC Practice Lead Megan Nilsen! Megan goes by many names (as you will find out below) including @mega_spl0it on X. Her full title is technically…
Offensively Groovy
On a recent red team engagement, I was able to compromise the Jenkins admin user via retrieving the necessary components and decrypting credentials.xml. From…
Security Noise - Episode 7.4
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