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Dennis Shannon

Associate Security Consultant

EXPERIENCE
Dennis has worked in Information Security in both the public and private sector for over 5 years. He has a wide range of experience including policy creation and enforcement, systems administration, network administration, and end user technical support, and System Administration for a microelectronics manufacturing plant.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

  • Certification in Technical Competence in Network Systems Administration from Center of Applied Technologies North.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • UnallocatedSpace; A Non-Profit Hacker Space Based in Severn, MD
  • 2016 – 2018: Member/Keyholder
  • 2018 – 2020: President

PASSION FOR SECURITY
Dennis has been an active member of the Information Security space since he was very young. He started learning about technology by disassembling any-and-all electronics he could get his hands on. He later became the leader of his CyberPatriot Platinum team. From there, he then went on to become a two times SkillsUSA Regional and States Gold Medalist and National Competitor. While he was a senior in High School, he started working as a systems administrator within the DoD. Even during his full-time job, he continued his pursuit of knowledge in the world of microelectronics and SBC, Wireless exploitation, and electoral engineering. He finds joy in designing circuits and building electronic solutions for problems he would rather automate.

Featured Blogs And Resources

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

Webinars December 18 2024

The Lost Underground

Join TrustedSec Principal Security Consultant Mike Felch for an eye-opening journey into the lost underground, where ingenuity, disobedience, and complexity…

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Webinars December 04 2024

BEC Basics: Your First Step to Thwarting Email Scams

Join Senior Security Consultant Steven Erwin and Security Consultant Caroline Fenstermacher as they cover the basics of BEC analysis, providing participants…

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Blog December 03 2024

Discovering a Deserialization Vulnerability in LINQPad

Like most red teamers, I spend quite a lot of time looking for novel vulnerabilities that could be used for initial access or lateral movement. Recently, my…

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Blog November 21 2024

A 5-Minute Guide to HTTP Response Codes

If you've done any network scanning or application testing, you've run into your fair share of HTTP response codes. If not, these codes will show up in most…

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Events TrustedSec HQ | November 20 2024

WiCyS Ransomware Panel & Networking Event

Join us for an insightful discussion with the Women in Cyber Security (WiCyS) Northeast Ohio Affiliate members!

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Webinars November 20 2024

Navigating Compliance: FCI and CUI Requirements for Federal Contractors

TrustedSec Advisory Compliance Services Practice Lead Chris Camejo provides a comprehensive overview of the definition, scope, and protection requirements for…

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News November 19 2024

TrustedSec Tech Brief - November 2024

Director of Security Intelligence Carlos Perez covers vulnerabilities and zero days for November 2024.

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Podcasts November 15 2024

Security Noise - Episode 7.6

Ghost in The Machine: Hardware Hacking w/ Rob Simon

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News November 14 2024

WEWS - Tis the season for online scams.

A South Euclid woman is out $23,000 after a scam that convinced her to hand over the money to a fake FBI agent. Advisory Solutions Director Alex Hamerstone…

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Blog November 14 2024

Attacking JWT with Self-Signed Claims

JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) are a widely used format for applications and APIs to pass authorization information. These tokens often use a JSON Web Signature (JWS)…

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