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Josh Deen

Security Consultant

EXPERIENCE
Josh Deen was a mathematics educator for 14 years before making the transition to Information Security. His security experience before TrustedSec was in vendor risk management, vulnerability management, security operations, identity management, and cloud security. While working at TrustedSec, Josh has been involved in purple team engagements and Project Impede, as well as leading external and internal penetration tests.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor of Arts, Economics, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Master of Arts, Mathematics Education, National Louis University
  • CompTIA Security+
  • GIAC Certified Penetration Tester (GPEN)

PASSION FOR SECURITY
Josh became interested in Information Security as a mathematics teacher. Josh realized that his unique ability to explain difficult concepts to varied audiences and his dedication to doing the right thing for the right reasons positioned him perfectly for a role in Information Security. Josh’s passion for security is displayed by his dedication to helping others understand the why behind doing the right thing, thus helping organizations increase their enterprise security buy-in and maturity. Josh also enjoys helping security practitioners flesh out their ideas into mature and actionable products.

Featured Blogs And Resources

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

Blog January 18 2024

Engagement Guide: How to Prepare for Your Purple Team

TrustedSec's Purple Team engagements prepare clients for security assessments by identifying gaps in security coverage, logging, and tooling, with offerings…

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Events TrustedSec HQ | October 28 2025

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…

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Events Lake Buena Vista, FL | October 27 2025

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!

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Training Resources October 25 2025

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…

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Podcasts October 24 2025

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…

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Events October 23 2025

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…

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News October 23 2025

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…

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Events Provo, Utah | October 21 2025

SAINTCON 2025

We are proud to sponsor and have a booth at this year's SAINTCON!

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News October 21 2025

The Street - Cybersecurity expert offers blunt verdict on AWS outage

The recent AWS outage wasn’t a hack—but it was a warning. Our Founder and CEO David Kennedy spoke with The Street about how the event exposed “cracks in core…

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Blog October 21 2025

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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