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.
ISC2 Cleveland Chapter Member Meeting - October 2025
ISC2 Cleveland Chapter October MeetupCome join us for our meetup! The ISC2 Cleveland Chapter is hosting an exciting in-person event for all cybersecurity…
InfoSecWorld 2025
TrustedSec is proud to sponsor and hold a workshop at this year's InfoSec World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Make sure to visit our booth if you'll be there!
InfoSec World Workshop - Adversary Tactics and Threat Hunting
This immersive workshop will train you to simulate attacks, hunt threats, and build detections using manual, automated, and AI-driven methods across network…
SAINTCON 2025
We are proud to sponsor and have a booth at this year's SAINTCON!
Incident Response: Lessons From the Front Lines
IR Practice Lead Carlos Perez will draw from recent, anonymized investigations to expose the most devastating failure patterns our Incident Response team has…
Skimming Credentials with Azure's Front Door WAF
A Web Application Firewall (WAF) is a powerful thing. It inspects all traffic that traverses it, seeing everything that is submitted to a page. EVERYTHING.…
Wild West Hackin' Fest 2025
We are excited to return to Wild West Hackin' Fest this year!
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