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Whitney Phillips

Senior 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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Events Mesa, AZ | February 14 2025

CactusCon 2025

TrustedSec is proud to sponsor and have a booth at CactusCon this year! Three of our consultants will be giving talks as well.

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Webinars February 11 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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Blog February 06 2025

The Hidden Trap in the PCI DSS SAQ A Changes

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) just announced a change to Self Assessment Questionnaire A (SAQ A). The change eliminates two…

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Podcasts February 04 2025

Security Noise - Episode 7.10

Authentication in 2025

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Blog January 23 2025

Operating Inside the Interpreted: Offensive Python

IntroductionEvery once in a while, I get the urge to go back and revisit older techniques that used to be popular but have fallen out of favor with the…

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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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