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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.

Events Mesa, AZ | February 14 2025

CactusCon 2025

TrustedSec is proud to sponsor and have a booth at CactusCon this year! Three of our consultants will be giving talks as well.

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Webinars February 11 2025

2024 Conference Roundup

Join our panelists David Kennedy, Justin Elze, Jason Lang, and Oddvar Moe for their firsthand accounts and perspectives on what people were talking about at…

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Blog February 06 2025

The Hidden Trap in the PCI DSS SAQ A Changes

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) just announced a change to Self Assessment Questionnaire A (SAQ A). The change eliminates two…

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Podcasts February 04 2025

Security Noise - Episode 7.10

Authentication in 2025

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Blog January 23 2025

Operating Inside the Interpreted: Offensive Python

IntroductionEvery once in a while, I get the urge to go back and revisit older techniques that used to be popular but have fallen out of favor with the…

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News January 21 2025

TrustedSec Tech Brief - January 2025

Carlos Perez walks us through several major vulnerabilities and patches from early January 2025, including a critical Fortinet FortiGate zero-day vulnerability.

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Podcasts January 17 2025

Security Noise - Episode 7.9

On this episode of the Security Noise Podcast, we discuss user enumeration on Azure and "presence data" in Microsoft Teams with nyxgeek.

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Webinars January 15 2025

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.

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Blog January 14 2025

Command Line Underdog: WMIC in Action

My typical engagements are mostly Red Teams, so I do not often get a chance to play with terminal server application breakouts—but on a recent engagement, I…

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Blog January 07 2025

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…

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