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.
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,…
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.
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.
Queen City Conference
TrustedSec is proud to sponsor and have a booth at this year's Queen City Conference!
BSides Columbus 2026
Enroll in our pre-conference training and don't miss the keynote by Founder & CEO David Kennedy at BSides Columbus!
SAINTCON 2026
We're showing up as a proud sponsor at this year's SAINTCON, come find us at our booth!
Navigating the Initial AI Best-Practice Framework Offerings
Discover the current landscape of AI best-practice frameworks, what each major framework offers, where it works well, where it falls short, and how to decide…
Two Config Files, Two Release Tracks, and One Very Bad Commit
Some of the best infrastructure improvements start with one bad afternoon. In the final part of this blog series, we walk through the configuration, release…
TrustedSec Joins the OpenAI Daybreak Defense Network
We're part of OpenAI’s Daybreak Defense Network—what does that mean for our customers? Go deeper, get to the evidence faster, and make real security…
Security Noise - Tabletops: Roll for Initiative
On this episode, we chat about what goes into developing and moderating Tabletop Exercises (TTX) and the role of being an "InfoSec Dungeon Master" on a TTX,…
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