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.
Purple Team Defense Strategies
Join Senior Security Consultant Sarah Norris and Security Consultant Zach Bevilacqua for a deep dive into how to create action items for a robust defense…
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…
Hack-cessibility: When DLL Hijacks Meet Windows Helpers
In preparation for a talk, Jason Lang (@curi0usJack) and I were doing at MCTTP about mining TTPs from VX-underground, we both ended up doing research based on…
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…
Security Noise - CON Men: Wild West Hackin' Fest + GrrCON
On this episode of Security Noise, we are discussing two of our favorite cybersecurity conferences Wild West Hackin' Fest and GrrCON! Our team presented at…
Discord Livestream - Titanis Tool Demo
Join us on Discord for a tool demo of Titanis! Titanis is a library of protocol implementations and command line utilities, written in C#, for interacting with…
Nasdaq TradeTalks - How AI Is Changing the Underground Cybercrime Economy
The cyber world is seeing a new arms race as AI powers the latest wave of Crimeware-as-a-Service. Director of Security Intelligence Carlos Perez stresses that…
SAINTCON 2025
We are proud to sponsor and have a booth at this year's SAINTCON!
Detecting Password-Spraying in Entra ID Using a Honeypot Account
Password-spraying is a popular technique which involves guessing passwords to gain control of accounts. This automated password-guessing is performed against…
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