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…
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…
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