EXPERIENCE
With nearly a decade’s worth of industry experience, Sam began his career in a defensive role as a Security Analyst and Domain Administrator for a Fortune 500. Gaining an understanding of the complex composition of a large enterprise environment allowed Sam to subsequently pivot into the consultatory profession. Sam specializes in the development of security applications, Active Directory, and demonstrating risk wherever it may exist.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
- B.S. Computer Science,
- Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTIONS
- Sam has contributed to open source projects and occasionally speaks at security conferences.
PASSION FOR SECURITY
Sam fundamentally enjoys solving complex problems in new ways. His creativity and appetite for continued learning drive his unremitting passion for security in an industry which continually provides new opportunities to learn, adapt, and overcome.
Featured Blogs And Resources
Discover the blogs, analysis, webinars, and podcasts by this team member.
Obsidian, Taming a Collective Consciousness
Sam Link explores the benefits of Obsidian for team knowledge management, including Markdown, plaintext backend, Git integration, reduced overhead, and a…
Optimizing and Customizing Phishing Campaigns using Caddy
Configure and manage your web server with Caddy, enabling HTTPS, wildcard certificates, redirection, and virtual hosting with ease, freeing up cycles for…
You Had Us at the First Alert: A Guide to Finding Frequently Missed Detections
Join us for this webinar to get a clearer picture of where your detection coverage has blind spots and a practical roadmap for closing them before a real…
ISC2 Cleveland Chapter Member Meeting - March 2026
ISC2 Cleveland Chapter March MeetupCome join us for our meetup! The ISC2 Cleveland Chapter is hosting an exciting in-person event for all cybersecurity…
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.…
Security Noise - AI is Exploring The Deep Blue CVEs
On this episode of Security Noise, we explore the cutting-edge use of AI in vulnerability research, exploit development, and cybersecurity defense with guests…
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…
ABC7 Chicago - March Madness betting, ticket scams targeting college basketball tournament fans
March Madness is in full swing and so are the scams, the latest being fake tickets sales and "bogus" bracket challenges. Advisory Solutions Director Alex…
Discord Livestream - AMA: Incident Response
Ask us anything about incident response! Join us for an exclusive Discord Livestream with IR Practice Lead Ryan Macfarlane.
Full Disclosure: A Third (and Fourth) Azure Sign-In Log Bypass Found
Invisible password sprays. Invisible logins. Full tokens returned.Nyxgeek here. It's 2026 and I've got two more Azure Entra ID sign-in log bypasses…
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