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Jeff Pergal

Technical Solutions Director

EXPERIENCE
Jeff Pergal has 30+ years of experience in IT and security, from startups to Fortune 500 organizations. 

Jeff is a security consultant with more than 15 years of experience in the Information Security field. He most recently developed and matured a large team of security technologists at a Fortune 500 company responsible for adversarial simulation, threat hunting, detection engineering, deception technologies, and threat intelligence. Jeff and his teams pioneered approaches to decreasing active threat resolution from multiple days to a 15-minute average resolution time.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Marketing, with a concentration in Information Systems, Valparaiso University
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (AWS CCP)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • Adjunct Instructor, Madison College, IT and security areas for over 20 years
  • Speaker at various security and technology-focused national conferenceshttps://security-storm.com[GF1] 
  • Member of InfraGard

PASSION FOR SECURITY
Jeff is on a quest to help organizations of all sizes improve their security posture, foster security cultures, and build strong, high-functioning teams. He also has a deep understanding of and empathy for the complexity of balancing priorities, resources, budgets, and other obstacles that sometimes make these things a challenge for many organizations.

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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