Bill Reed

I have over 30 years of experience in Network, Information, and Cybersecurity. I started my career as a Unix Administrator in a Telecommunications shop. From there, I moved to Local Area Networks and then on to Firewalls. I was one of the original members that helped form a Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) for a US Department of Defense agency. I was also one of two to three that installed the network firewalls across that agency, positioned worldwide. I have many years of Incident Response and Computer Forensics experience. I also had a period where I was part of a Penetration Testing team and currently my job role is in Cyber Threat Emulation.I graduated with a bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering Technology. I learned 8085 Assembly, Basic, and C language over 34 years ago and continue to utilize C to this day. Several years ago, I wrote a command-and-control program in C that used a SSH library. This was in support of a Red Team. I have also completed projects in C#, PHP, PowerShell, and of course, Python. I have extensive shell scripting experience as well. I have always enjoyed scripting and working in Linux or UNIX or working from the command line in Windows.I have maintained a few technical certifications from the SANS Institute, including GPEN (Penetration Testing), GREM (Reverse Engineering Malware), and GCIH (Incident Handling). I have also kept my EnCE (Computer Forensics) certification current and of course, my CISSP from ISC2.In terms of hobbies outside of my career, my favorite is trail running. However, I do not enjoy street or sidewalk running. I prefer being deep in the woods on technical trails. This relieves stress and hopefully keeps me in shape as I age.