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Ryan Leese

Senior Security Consultant

EXPERIENCE
Ryan brings several years of penetration testing and vulnerability management experience built on a mixed history of administering Windows/Linux servers, enterprise VMware, and Cisco products. Ryan excels in web application penetration testing, providing knowledgeable application of advanced tactics to identify security issues in web applications and services. The use of test-driven Python programming to develop new toolsets and automate existing processes allows Ryan to deliver tremendous value.

PASSION FOR SECURITY
Before it was his job, security has long been a topic and hobby of great interest for Ryan, whether it was password cracking on his home computer, lock picking, or programming a robotic padlock brute-force program. Now, as part of the Information Security community, Ryan still holds this passion for helping others grow to be more secure.

Featured Blogs And Resources

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Events Cincinnati, OH | November 13 2026

Queen City Conference

TrustedSec is proud to sponsor and have a booth at this year's Queen City Conference!

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Events Columbus, OH | November 04 2026

BSides Columbus 2026

Enroll in our pre-conference training and don't miss the keynote by Founder & CEO David Kennedy at BSides Columbus!

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Events Provo, Utah | October 27 2026

SAINTCON 2026

We're showing up as a proud sponsor at this year's SAINTCON, come find us at our booth!

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Webinars October 21 2026

Navigating the Initial AI Best-Practice Framework Offerings

Discover the current landscape of AI best-practice frameworks, what each major framework offers, where it works well, where it falls short, and how to decide…

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Blog October 15 2026

Two Config Files, Two Release Tracks, and One Very Bad Commit

Some of the best infrastructure improvements start with one bad afternoon. In the final part of this blog series, we walk through the configuration, release…

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Blog October 13 2026

TrustedSec Joins the OpenAI Daybreak Defense Network

We're part of OpenAI’s Daybreak Defense Network—what does that mean for our customers? Go deeper, get to the evidence faster, and make real security…

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Podcasts October 12 2026

Security Noise - Tabletops: Roll for Initiative

On this episode, we chat about what goes into developing and moderating Tabletop Exercises (TTX) and the role of being an "InfoSec Dungeon Master" on a TTX,…

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Events Orlando, FL | October 12 2026

InfoSec World 2026

TrustedSec is proud to sponsor and have a booth at this year's InfoSec World!

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Training Resources October 11 2026

InfoSec World 2-Day Workshop - Supply-Chain to Runtime: Attacking & Defending the Modern DevOps Stack

In this workshop, participants will learn to navigate DevOps attack paths—from code triage to pipeline exploitation—and write detective alerts to defend their…

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News October 08 2026

TrustedSec Joins OpenAI Daybreak Defense Network to Advance AI-Assisted Red Teaming and Cyber Defense

TrustedSec is proud to announce it has joined the OpenAI Daybreak Defense Network and plans to integrate OpenAI models into its consulting services through…

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