EXPERIENCE
Mike Spitzer started his career in the telecommunications industry and has more than 25 years’ experience in both infrastructure development and security. At TrustedSec, Mike has focused primarily on defense and assisting clients in approving their defensive postures. He also holds development and infrastructure roles, primarily with the Impede product.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
- Bachelor of Science, Information Systems Security, The University of Arizona
- GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)
PASSION FOR SECURITY
Mike uses his experience to develop tools securely from the ground up and to provide best-practices infrastructure guidance to teams, from development toolsets to physical security.
Featured Blogs And Resources
Discover the blogs, analysis, webinars, and podcasts by this team member.
Securing Your Software Supply Chain
Learn how to secure your software supply chain with expert guidance from Mike Spitzer and Mitch Parish, addressing growing attacks and providing mitigation…
8 Keys to Writing Safer Code
Writing secure code in Python is crucial to protect your application from vulnerabilities, ensuring the integrity and trustworthiness of your users' data.
Automation Testing With Ansible, Molecule, and Vagrant
Automate repetitive tasks with Ansible, Molecule, and Vagrant, ensuring reliability and repeatability without destroying environments, by Mike Spitzer.
Dungeons and Daemons
Play Roll for Initiative. Hack the Planet.Dungeons & Daemons is a cybersecurity RPG that drops you into the boots of a Red Team operator on a live…
You Had Us at the First Alert: A Guide to Finding Frequently Missed Detections
Join us for this webinar to get a clearer picture of where your detection coverage has blind spots and a practical roadmap for closing them before a real…
Benchmarking Self-Hosted LLMs for Offensive Security
We put LLMs to the test—let's find out how good AI is at hacking! We walk through six simple challenges with intentionally naïve setups to test how capable…
TrustedSec Livestream - AMA: Detection Engineering in 2026 and Beyond with John Dwyer
Come prepared with your questions and walk away with actionable knowledge to sharpen your detection capabilities.
IAM the Captain Now – Hijacking Azure Identity Access
I decided to spend some research time diving in depth into Identity and Access Management (IAM) within Microsoft Azure. I am going to show you within this blog…
Building a Detection Foundation: Part 5 - Correlation in Practice
From Data Sources to DetectionWe've covered a lot of ground in this series: Windows Security events for logon tracking and process execution; PowerShell…
Security Noise - A Goblin, a Ghost, and a Ninja Walk into the Azure Bar
On this episode, Geoff and Skyler are joined by NyxGeek to discuss his suite of Azure bypass techniques. Since these techniques leave no trace, what does it…
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