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Caroline Fenstermacher

Security Consultant

Experience
Prior to joining the TrustedSec Incident Response Team, Caroline gained experience at an open-XDR vendor as a Security Operations Center Analyst, where she then moved into the role of a Threat Hunter and Incident Response Analyst. Her research interests have been focused on cloud security, specifically in AWS environments. Caroline also has the unique experiences of briefly working within law enforcement and the banking industry.

Education & Certifications:

  • Bachelor of Science, Cybersecurity, The University of Tampa
  • GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
  • GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Passion for Security
Caroline’s interest in cybersecurity spawned from constantly wanting to get to the bottom of whatever mystery presented itself to her. Tracking down an attacker’s actions and learning how to proactively look for those actions in the future perfectly satiates her curious nature.

Featured Blogs And Resources

Discover the blogs, analysis, webinars, and podcasts by this team member.

Blog July 17 2025

Hiding in the Shadows: Covert Tunnels via QEMU Virtualization

Attackers are getting increasingly creative—not just with their payloads, but with how they deliver and operate them. In a recent Incident Response engagement,…

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Blog February 25 2025

A Threat Hunter’s Guide to Decoding the Cloud

This blog will guide you through how to be a successful threat hunter in cloud environments, along with some helpful tips and advice.

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Webinars December 04 2024

BEC Basics: Your First Step to Thwarting Email Scams

Learn to identify and combat business email compromise (BEC) threats in Microsoft 365 with expert Steven Erwin and Caroline Fenstermacher.

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Events Orlando, FL | October 12 2026

InfoSec World 2026

TrustedSec is proud to sponsor and have a booth at this year's InfoSec World!

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Events Deadwood, SD | October 07 2026

Wild West Hackin' Fest 2026

We're thrilled to sponsor this year's Wild West Hackin' Fest and we'd love to see you at our booth!

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Events Grand Rapids, MI | September 24 2026

GrrCON 2026

TrustedSec is proud to sponsor and have a booth at this year's GrrCON!

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Webinars September 09 2026

Risk at the Edge: Managing Cyber Exposure Across IT & OT Assets

Join Senior Security Consultant Steph Saunders for a practical look at how to close gaps and build cyber resilience across converged IT/OT environments.

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News September 04 2026

NewsNation - Millions of IDs Potentially Exposed

IDScan, used by rental car agencies and online verification systems across the country, is at the center of a reported data breach involving over 153 million…

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Blog September 03 2026

LLMHaxor Update

Today I am sharing some updates on a tool I created from an earlier time — before Burp Suite included native AI testing enhancements and before an almost…

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News September 03 2026

CNBC - What's Behind Today's AI Outage?

Multiple AI platforms went down this week as a wave of new frontier models hit the market simultaneously, and China's distillation of US AI models is adding to…

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