Derek has spent over 10 years working in the Blue Team security space to include working in a Security Operations Center, as an Incident Responder, as an ISSM in the DOD/FedRAMP space, and as a Cloud Security Architect working with AWS and Azure. Derek has also spent over 6 years concurrently working in the Red Team field as a penetration tester focusing on Internal, External, Web Application, and Cloud Configuration assessments. Derek holds many industry recognized certifications and is an occasional conference speaker.