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Linus Garin

Security Consultant

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.

Webinars February 05 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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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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Podcasts December 20 2024

Security Noise - Episode 7.8

Farewell 2024

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Blog December 19 2024

Malware Series: Process Injection Mapped Sections

We're back with another post about common malware techniques. This time, we are talking about using shared memory sections to inject and execute code in a…

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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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Blog December 17 2024

Top 10 Blogs of 2024

At TrustedSec, we are all about leveraging our collective intelligence and knowledge to uplift the cybersecurity community. One of our most popular educational…

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