EXPERIENCE
Steve Maxwell has 25 years of technical experience ranging from software development to software quality, performance engineering, Information Security, and audit. Before TrustedSec, Steve performed a number of IT functions supporting security initiatives across multiple industries. He has presented to hundreds on topics of automation, performance engineering, and information security.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
- Bachelor of Science, University of Utah
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- Qualified Security Assessor (QSA)
- Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
- Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE)
- ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
- CMMC Registered Practitioner
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)
PASSION FOR SECURITY
Steve’s passion for security is in helping his clients to improve their security and in preparing them to be ‘the smartest in the room’.
Featured Blogs And Resources
Discover the blogs, analysis, webinars, and podcasts by this team member.
Book Review - The Definitive Guide to PCI DSS Version 4
As a PCI QSA, I have answered numerous questions about the new PC DSS Version 4. With over 500 total controls, and at least 100 of them unique to this version,…
Network Segmentation for the Rest of Us! How to get your segmentation project moving toward zero trust.
We will share information on both planning and execution to ensure a secure, efficient, and successful network segmentation process.
Strength Training With Transport Cryptology: Part 2
In part 1 of this blog series, we explored objective standards for evaluating application cipher suites using the National Institute of Standards and…
The Lost Underground
Join TrustedSec Principal Security Consultant Mike Felch for an eye-opening journey into the lost underground, where ingenuity, disobedience, and complexity…
TrustedSec Tech Brief - December 2024 Year-End Top 3 Roundup
We are rounding up our top Tech Brief stories of 2024! Director of Security Intelligence Carlos Perez goes over what we have seen the most of this year and his…
Security Noise - Episode 7.7
Amazing Stories in InfoSec
On-Demand BOF
From the team that brought you COFF Loader, CS-Situational-Awareness-BOF, CS-Remote-OPs-BOF, and numerous blogs on BOFs, we are excited to release our first…
BEC Basics: Your First Step to Thwarting Email Scams
Join Senior Security Consultant Steven Erwin and Security Consultant Caroline Fenstermacher as they cover the basics of BEC analysis, providing participants…
Discovering a Deserialization Vulnerability in LINQPad
Like most red teamers, I spend quite a lot of time looking for novel vulnerabilities that could be used for initial access or lateral movement. Recently, my…
A 5-Minute Guide to HTTP Response Codes
If you've done any network scanning or application testing, you've run into your fair share of HTTP response codes. If not, these codes will show up in most…
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