EXPERIENCE
After completing a year-long internship with TrustedSec, Linus Garin joined the Compliance team as a Security Consultant. He has been in the Compliance team for over a year now.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
- Bachelor of Information Science, Michigan State University
- Professional Certificate in Cyber Security, University of Michigan Nexus
- PCI Associate Qualified Security Assessor (QSA)
- CMMC Registered Practitioner
- ISO 27001 Lead Auditor and Lead Implementer
INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTIONS
- Led initiative to update CMMC, ISO, and NIST framework mappings
- Presented at BSides Cleveland 2022
- Helps clients out with their audits and assessments
PASSION FOR SECURITY
Linus has always had a fascination with computers and how to maximize their potential or break them in new and interesting ways. The most enjoyable aspect of his work is being able to use his security knowledge to help others.
Featured Blogs And Resources
Discover the blogs, analysis, webinars, and podcasts by this team member.
Black Hat USA Training - Adversary Tactics and Threat Hunting
During our Black Hat training, you will learn hands-on attacks that directly correlate to industry relevant TTPs, while performing threat hunting exercises and…
Live Discord AMA – Gone Phishing: AI in Pentesting
Join us for an exclusive live Discord session on Thursday, July 24 at 11:00AM ET/10:00AM CT with Senior Security Consultants Kelsey Segrue and Skyler Tuter!…
Measuring Effectiveness for Business Resilience
Testing and assessing security effectiveness is a core component of business resilience. Learn why this type of testing can help ensure you're protecting your…
HIPAA, HITECH, and HITRUST - It’s HI Time to Make Sense of it All
Organizations in the health care sector and those that work with it often hear about HIPAA, HITECH, and HITRUST compliance but may not understand what they all…
BSidesPGH 2025
TrustedSec is proud to sponsor and have a booth at this year's BSides Pittsburgh!
Azure's Front Door WAF WTF: IP Restriction Bypass
The Azure Front Door Web Application Firewall (WAF) has an "IP restriction" option that can be bypassed with the inclusion of an HTTP header. What's worse?…
CVE-2025-1729 - Privilege Escalation Using TPQMAssistant.exe
While digging into the internals of my new Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen7, I came across an unexpected discovery that quickly escalated from curiosity to a viable…
Cybernews – The Most Mysterious Hack in History
Check out this Cybernews video featuring David Kennedy! They break down the story behind the mysterious hacker group the Shadow Brokers and how they leaked the…
Fox Business – FBI Warns of Cyber Attacks on Airlines
Found and CEO David Kennedy spoke with Fox Business about the recent FBI warning that the hacking group Scattered Spider is targeting the airline industry…
Security Noise - Episode 7.19
Hacker Culture: The Self Modifying Code
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