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…
InfoSec World 2026
TrustedSec is proud to sponsor and have a booth at this year's InfoSec World!
Wild West Hackin' Fest 2026
We're thrilled to sponsor this year's Wild West Hackin' Fest and we'd love to see you at our booth!
GrrCON 2026
TrustedSec is proud to sponsor and have a booth at this year's GrrCON!
Risk at the Edge: Managing Cyber Exposure Across IT & OT Assets
Join Senior Security Consultant Steph Saunders for a practical look at how to close gaps and build cyber resilience across converged IT/OT environments.
NewsNation - Millions of IDs Potentially Exposed
IDScan, used by rental car agencies and online verification systems across the country, is at the center of a reported data breach involving over 153 million…
CNBC - What's Behind Today's AI Outage?
Multiple AI platforms went down this week as a wave of new frontier models hit the market simultaneously, and China's distillation of US AI models is adding to…
LLMHaxor Update
Today I am sharing some updates on a tool I created from an earlier time — before Burp Suite included native AI testing enhancements and before an almost…
waf-fu, or Some Log Replay Nonsense
AWS WAF logs are keeping receipts, including your session tokens. In this blog, we walk through the risk of default WAF logging configurations and the tool…
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