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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

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

Webinars February 05 2025

2024 Conference Roundup

Join our panelists David Kennedy, Justin Elze, Jason Lang, and Oddvar Moe for their firsthand accounts and perspectives on what people were talking about at…

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News January 21 2025

TrustedSec Tech Brief - January 2025

Carlos Perez walks us through several major vulnerabilities and patches from early January 2025, including a critical Fortinet FortiGate zero-day vulnerability.

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Podcasts January 17 2025

Security Noise - Episode 7.9

On this episode of the Security Noise Podcast, we discuss user enumeration on Azure and "presence data" in Microsoft Teams with nyxgeek.

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Webinars January 15 2025

DOD Contract Compliance: DFARS 7012 and CMMC

Advisory Compliance Practice Lead Chris Camejo will take a deep dive into the Department of Defense requirements for protecting FCI and CUI.

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Blog January 14 2025

Command Line Underdog: WMIC in Action

My typical engagements are mostly Red Teams, so I do not often get a chance to play with terminal server application breakouts—but on a recent engagement, I…

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Blog January 07 2025

Solving NIST Password Complexities: Guidance From a GRC Perspective

Not another password change! Isn’t one (1) extra-long password enough? As a former Incident Response, Identity and Access Control, and Education and Awareness…

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Podcasts December 20 2024

Security Noise - Episode 7.8

Farewell 2024

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Blog December 19 2024

Malware Series: Process Injection Mapped Sections

We're back with another post about common malware techniques. This time, we are talking about using shared memory sections to inject and execute code in a…

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Webinars December 18 2024

The Lost Underground

Join TrustedSec Principal Security Consultant Mike Felch for an eye-opening journey into the lost underground, where ingenuity, disobedience, and complexity…

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Blog December 17 2024

Top 10 Blogs of 2024

At TrustedSec, we are all about leveraging our collective intelligence and knowledge to uplift the cybersecurity community. One of our most popular educational…

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