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Paul Sems

Managing Director of Remediation Services

EXPERIENCE
Before joining TrustedSec, Paul Sems excelled at leading organizations in technology and executive leadership roles. He is a lifelong hacker with extensive experience assisting a wide range of organizations in meeting technology and security challenges. 

Paul was the senior executive responsible for IT at Vitamix, a manufacturer and marketer of high-end blending products for both the foodservice industry and the consumer market. While at Vitamix, Paul built a world-class IT organization to support a half-billion dollar global enterprise. He initiated and managed the implementation of multiple business solutions that have been the foundation for significant growth and stability within the organization. Under his leadership, the organization selected, implemented, and supported solutions that proved to be a significant business enabler, supporting the massive growth that Vitamix experienced during his 10-year tenure.

At TrustedSec, Paul built and currently leads the Remediation Services team, which focuses on hardening environments before security incidents happen and helping firms remediate issues after a real or simulated breach. The team is focused on providing pragmatic solutions that improve clients' security postures.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
Throughout this career, Paul has held other roles, including business owner, CTO, COO, network engineer, and product development engineer. He received a Master of Business Administration degree from Case Western Reserve University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from The University of Akron. He is an inventor of U.S. Patent US20160220973A1.

Featured Blogs And Resources

Discover the blogs, analysis, webinars, and podcasts by this team member.

Webinars February 15 2023

Securing Cloud Native Applications With DevSecOps

Discover DevSecOps solutions for securing cloud-native applications, learn from experts Paul Sems and Mitch Parish, and elevate your organization's security…

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Webinars June 07 2023

Insecure by Default: The Hidden Complexities of Cloud Security

Join experts from our Cloud Security and Hardening teams to gain practical insights for how to enhance your own cloud security posture.

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Webinars August 23 2023

A More Efficient Attack Path Effectiveness Assessment

Understanding risk assessments with FAIR and threat intelligence is crucial for aligning security risk with real-life threats, leveraging TCAP, Attack…

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News September 21 2023

Oklahoma's News 4 - Edmond man receives scary threatening phone call scam

Protect yourself from voice cloning scams! Learn actionable tips from TrustedSec's Managing Director of Remediation Services.

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Webinars January 19 2022

Defending Backups Against Ransomware

Learn how to defend backups against ransomware, a unique threat targeting backup systems, and discover hands-on best practices to harden your backup…

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Blog April 09 2026

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…

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Blog April 07 2026

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…

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Blog April 02 2026

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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Blog March 26 2026

Policy as Code: Stop Writing Policies and Start Compiling Them

The Problem Nobody Wants to Talk AboutLet me paint a picture most security leaders will recognize.You have 30+ policies living as Word documents on SharePoint.…

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Blog March 24 2026

Building a Detection Foundation: Part 4 - Sysmon

Filling the Gaps Native Logging Can'tAt this point in our series, we have Windows Security events capturing logon sessions and process creation, and…

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