EXPERIENCE
Prior to joining TrustedSec, Patrick performed penetration testing and security engineering for cloud security for multiple private companies and government organizations. Patrick has experience with securing and engineering cloud-native infrastructure to aid in meeting industry or regulation compliance requirements.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
- Master of Science: Information Assurance, University of Advanced Technology
- GIAC Cloud Penetration Tester (GCPN)
- Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
- Offensive Security Web Expert (OSWE)
- AWS Certified Security - Specialty
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- CompTIA Security+
- CompTIA Network+
PASSION FOR SECURITY
Patrick is passionate about assisting clients transition to cloud-first solutions in order to help improve security, aid in operations, and meet organizational and regulatory requirements. He achieves this by securing automation and infrastructure components in cloud and on-premises environments and by understanding how exploits function and occur.
Featured Blogs And Resources
Discover the blogs, analysis, webinars, and podcasts by this team member.
Control Tower Pivoting Using the Default Role
Using AWS Control Tower to Prevent Pivoting Attacks on AWS Organizations and Control Tower.
Penetration Testing Your Cloud Environment
Discover how to validate cloud security with expert Paul Burkeland and team, exploring cloud attack surfaces, traditional vs. cloud penetration tests, and…
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…
Reduce Repetition and Free up Time With Mobile File Extractor
If you do the same thing three times, automate it. Introducing Mobile Data Extractor, a Python tool that handles the repetitive work of mobile app data…
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