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Mike Spitzer

Senior Security Engineer

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.

Webinars April 20 2022

Securing Your Software Supply Chain

Join Senior Security Engineer Mike Spitzer and DevSecOps Security Consultant Mitch Parish to review the challenges of integrating security controls in the…

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Blog July 09 2020

8 Keys to Writing Safer Code

All too often, security in code is an afterthought. There's a reason that bug bounties are so prevalent; as codebases get larger, testing gets harder. Add in…

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Blog December 03 2019

Automation Testing With Ansible, Molecule, and Vagrant

There is an old rule that if you find yourself doing anything more than twice, you should automate it. For developers, this may be software builds or the…

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Training Resources November 07 2024

Actionable Purple Team Simulation Online Training (November 7-8)

Learn how to create specific detections to identify early Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) in our online course. Designed for those looking to improve their…

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Webinars August 07 2024

Ask Me Anything: Proactive Threat Hunting

As threat actors become more sophisticated, organizations' approaches to finding malicious activity must become more proactive and refined. Dive into the…

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Training Resources August 03 2024

Black Hat USA Training - Applied Threat Hunting and Detection Engineering

Registration is now open for our Black Hat training on August 3-6, 2024

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Blog August 01 2024

Lapse of Control: Applauding PCI SSC for FAQ 1572

I want to applaud the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) for FAQ 1572 published in March of 2024 for simply and effectively answering a question asked by…

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Events TrustedSec HQ | July 30 2024

ISC2 Cleveland Chapter Member Meeting July 2024

ISC2 Cleveland Chapter July MeetupCome join us for our monthly meetup! The ISC2 Cleveland Chapter is hosting an exciting in-person event for all cybersecurity…

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Webinars July 29 2024

Specula: A Red Team Chronicle

Microsoft Outlook is often used as the primary email client in corporate environments, making it a high-value target for threat actors. Any potential to…

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Webinars July 24 2024

Ask Me Anything: Remediation

Join the TrustedSec Remediation Team as they discuss how to prioritize and identify deficiencies in your cloud platform and examine best practices to harden…

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