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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 Orlando, FL | October 12 2026

InfoSec World 2026

TrustedSec is proud to sponsor and have a booth at this year's InfoSec World!

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Events Deadwood, SD | October 07 2026

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!

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Events Grand Rapids, MI | September 24 2026

GrrCON 2026

TrustedSec is proud to sponsor and have a booth at this year's GrrCON!

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Webinars September 09 2026

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.

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News September 04 2026

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…

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News September 03 2026

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…

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Blog September 03 2026

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…

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Blog September 01 2026

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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Podcasts August 31 2026

Security Noise - Hacker Summer Camp 2026

We're back from Hacker Summer Camp and are ready to get "Reel" about our experiences in Las Vegas! Join us on this episode of Security Noise as we sit down to…

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