EXPERIENCE
David is a Security Consultant with 15+ years of experience in the technical industry. He specializes in Network Security and Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Assessments, Wireless Assessments, Physical Security Assessments, Firewall and Router Audits, Social Engineering, Regulatory Compliance, and Network/Systems Engineering. He has worked in various industries including consulting, education, military, retail, government, media, law firms, and hospitals. David started his career as a member of the United States Army and was deployed to Iraq as convoy and convoy security.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
- B.AS in Network Security and Forensics, Fountainhead College of Technology
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
- QSA
- C|EH, Security+
- Network+
- A+
- NSTISSI-4011
- CNSSI-4012
- CNSSI-4013
- CNSSI-4014
- NSTISSI-4015
- CNSSI-4016
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- East TN ISSA
- Knoxville InfraGard
- OWASP Knoxville
- DC865
PASSION FOR SECURITY
David’s passion for security stems from his desire to help others be more secure. David has always had an interest in making technology do what it wasn’t meant to do. His lifelong passion for security sparked after viewing different films such as Sneakers, Hackers, and WarGames at a young age.
Featured Blogs And Resources
Discover the blogs, analysis, webinars, and podcasts by this team member.
Dameware Mini: The Sleeper Hit of 2019?
SolarWinds! You hear the name and immediately think “solutions management” or big screens full of more network information than you can shake a stick at.…
NFT Crime: From the Simple to the Ingeniously Simple
If you guessed these two things—a 10-kilo bar of gold and this image from the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC)—cost about the same, roughly $600,000, you'd be…
Social Engineering Basics: How to Win Friends and Infiltrate Businesses
Technology changes and defenses get better, but some things stay the same—like human gullibility, which can be easily exploited through social engineering.…
DOD Contract Compliance: DFARS 7012 and CMMC
Advisory Compliance Practice Lead Chris Camejo will take a deep dive into the Department of Defense requirements for protecting FCI and CUI.
Solving NIST Password Complexities: Guidance From a GRC Perspective
Not another password change! Isn’t one (1) extra-long password enough? As a former Incident Response, Identity and Access Control, and Education and Awareness…
Security Noise - Episode 7.8
Farewell 2024
Malware Series: Process Injection Mapped Sections
We're back with another post about common malware techniques. This time, we are talking about using shared memory sections to inject and execute code in a…
The Lost Underground
Join TrustedSec Principal Security Consultant Mike Felch for an eye-opening journey into the lost underground, where ingenuity, disobedience, and complexity…
Top 10 Blogs of 2024
At TrustedSec, we are all about leveraging our collective intelligence and knowledge to uplift the cybersecurity community. One of our most popular educational…
TrustedSec Tech Brief - December 2024 Year-End Top 3 Roundup
We are rounding up our top Tech Brief stories of 2024! Director of Security Intelligence Carlos Perez goes over what we have seen the most of this year and his…
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