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Whitney Phillips

Security Consultant

EXPERIENCE
Whitney joined TrustedSec with 13 years of experience ranging from support tech and Blue and Purple team to, most recently, Red team with a primary focus in Mobile Application Penetration testing.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor of Information Security, ITT Tech
  • CompTia Security +
  • Part 107 Drone Pilot

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • Michigan Cyber Civilian Corps (MiC3)

INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTIONS

  • Speaker at DEFCon Security Conference
  • Speaker at GrrCon Security Conference
  • Speaker at CypherCon Security Conference
  • Speaker at Day of Shecurity Security Conference
  • Guest on TrustedSec Podcast
  • Podcast guest on Breaking into Cybersecurity
  • Volunteers as an incident responder for MiC3

PASSION FOR SECURITY
Whitney’s passion for security started early on in college but truly progressed in her position as a mobile application penetration tester. Her time in that role helped her develop a greater understanding of the importance of keeping applications secure, which in turn inspired a deeper passion for security.

Featured Blogs And Resources

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

Blog February 06 2024

A Beginner’s Guide to Mobile Application Testing

As consumers become more dependent on mobile devices, the need for application security has become more of a priority. In this blog post, I will discuss my…

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Training Resources November 07 2024

Actionable Purple Team Simulation Online Training (November 7-8)

Learn how to create specific detections to identify early Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) in our online course. Designed for those looking to improve their…

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Webinars August 07 2024

Ask Me Anything: Proactive Threat Hunting

As threat actors become more sophisticated, organizations' approaches to finding malicious activity must become more proactive and refined. Dive into the…

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Training Resources August 03 2024

Black Hat USA Training - Applied Threat Hunting and Detection Engineering

Registration is now open for our Black Hat training on August 3-6, 2024

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Blog August 01 2024

Lapse of Control: Applauding PCI SSC for FAQ 1572

I want to applaud the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) for FAQ 1572 published in March of 2024 for simply and effectively answering a question asked by…

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Events TrustedSec HQ | July 30 2024

ISC2 Cleveland Chapter Member Meeting July 2024

ISC2 Cleveland Chapter July MeetupCome join us for our monthly meetup! The ISC2 Cleveland Chapter is hosting an exciting in-person event for all cybersecurity…

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Webinars July 29 2024

Specula: A Red Team Chronicle

Microsoft Outlook is often used as the primary email client in corporate environments, making it a high-value target for threat actors. Any potential to…

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Webinars July 24 2024

Ask Me Anything: Remediation

Join the TrustedSec Remediation Team as they discuss how to prioritize and identify deficiencies in your cloud platform and examine best practices to harden…

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News July 22 2024

TrustedSec Tech Brief - July 2024 Week 3

Director of Security Intelligence Carlos Perez goes over the top news for the third week of July 2024, including the latest on the CrowdStrike outage.

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News July 21 2024

CNN - Flawed Update Crashes Services Around the World

Founder and CEO Dave Kennedy joins CNN to discuss the risks of the new tactic cybercriminals are using to to exploit the CrowdStrike tech outage.

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