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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 July 02 2026

Inheriting the Receipts: Securing the AI Your Company Already Adopted

The work is not new. The speed is. In this blog, we're outlining how existing security pillars apply to the AI your organization has already adopted; no new…

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Blog June 25 2026

Large Workflows with Local LLMs

As it turns out, local LLMs have a few opinions about large workflows. In this blog, we walk through the scaling challenges of local LLMs and the custom Python…

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Blog June 18 2026

Modern Web Application Content Discovery

Staring at a web app with no links and no navigation? In this blog, we break down modern content discovery, from forced browsing and web crawling to Google…

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Blog June 16 2026

JQ for Hackers

Grey-bearded hackers and sysadmins still reaching for cut and CSV files, this one's for you. In this blog, we break down jq and why it's time to embrace JSON.

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Blog June 12 2026

JS-Tap v3: Endpoint Post-Exploitation With JavaScript Implants

JavaScript escaped the browser. JS-Tap v3 followed it. In this blog, we introduce three new beacons targeting the Electron apps, browser extensions, and Node…

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