Years of professional experience
Izzy Spering
CyberSecurity Dork
Philadelphia,PA
Summary
Professional cybersecurity nerd with an eye for detail and a love for solving problems. Incredibly technically inclined in my personal life; I spend most of my out-of-work time building FPV drones and toying with robotics, and spent the majority of my early years tinkering with code and developing cheat codes for early PSP games. May or may not have had to visit the principals office one more than one occasion in high school for toying with the computer systems a tad. I also have RFID/NFC chips installed in both of my hands because theres nothing cooler than starting your car or unlocking your pc with your own biometrics. I love tech and there is nothing more interesting to me than a lock on a door or a "do not enter" sign.
Overview
6
6
32
32
Years of being a menace to society
Quote
"When I met you I could tell you care and just want to help - folks around you learn and grow, and not just in their working lives. You lead with compassion at the forefront."
Colleague
Skills
- Proven track record of tailoring communication to a wide range of stakeholders
- Strong Incident Report Writing Skills
- Proven ability to convey extremely technical concepts to wide audiences
- Understanding of MITRE ATT&CK techniques / sub-techniques
- Strong General IT Background from Prior MSP Experience (T1/2/3)
- Strong Verbal and Written Communication
- Threat Hunting, Detection, and Response
- Heavy disdain for the fact that the plural of "moose" isn't "meese"
- Intrusion Detection and Prevention
- Intrusion / Compromise Analysis
- Endpoint Incident Response (MAC, Linux, and Windows)
- Capable of completing technical tasks without supervision
- Information Security Consulting
- Malware Analysis
- Process Improvement
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Information Gathering
- Kali Linux
- Objectively Bad Taste in Horror Movies
- Digital Forensics
- Investigation Theory
- Documentation
- Scripting (Python, PoSH)
- Ransomware Analysis
- Log Analysis
- EDR Telemetry Analysis (CarbonBlack, SentinelOne, Defender 365, CrowdStrike)
- Elastic/Kibana SIEM
- Proficient with Windows/MacOS/*nux
Work History
ThreatOps Analyst
Huntress Labs
Philadelphia, PA
07.2023 - Current
-Prioritize, triage, and report on threat signals for partner remediation
-Inter-departmental collaboration for new products like the MacOS EDR launch
-Conducting technical interviews for SOC Candidates
-Leveraging process insights and ingressed log data in Elastic to manually hunt for threats
-Static and dynamic malware analysis
-Heavy report writing and partner communication
-Contribute to externally facing blog posts on new vulnerabilities and TTPs
Advanced Security Engineers - ASE SEC
Miles IT
Lumberton, NJ
05.2022 - 07.2023
-Prioritize, triage, remediate, and report on threat signals.
-Leveraging process insights, crowdstrike insight, and ingressed log data in Elastic to manually hunt for threats
-Heavy report writing and partner communication
-Assist in Detection Engineering efforts to create new detection rules based on observed Threat Actor behaviour.
-Escalation point for assisting SOC1 team with threat investigations
SOC I Analyst / Sr. Enterprise Support Specialist
MilesIT
Lumberton, NJ
12.2021 - 05.2022
SOC I Analyst / Support Specialist
Miles IT
Lumberton, NJ
09.2019 - 12.2021
IT Consultant
MilesIT
Lumberton, NJ
02.2019 - 09.2019
Helpdesk Consultant
MilesIT
Lumberton, NJ
05.2018 - 02.2019
IT Systems Administrator
Rocco's Collision Centers
Blackwood, NJ
01.2018 - 03.2018
Education
Bachelor of Science - VFX & Motion Graphics
The Art Institute of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA 2012 - 2016
Bachelor of Science - Technical Systems Management
DeVry University
Cherry Hill, NJ 2016 - 2018
Certification
- Security: CompTIA Security+
- Software Dev: Software Development Boot Camp - Database Design & Development, Software Development Boot Camp - Website Development
- FAA: Part 107 (Remote Pilot sUAS)
- Azure: Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Hobbies
- Writing Music | Audio Engineering
- FPV Drone Racing & Building / Drift Chase
- Robotics
- Lockpicking and Tinkering with Security Measures
- Gaming
- Reading Horror Novels
- Telling puns and dad jokes that make people lose faith in humanity
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeWork Location
RemoteImportant To Me
Work-life balancePaid time offStock Options / Equity / Profit SharingPaid sick leaveTeam Building / Company Retreats4-day work weekCompany Culture401k matchCareer advancementHealthcare benefitsPersonal development programsTimeline
ThreatOps Analyst
Huntress Labs
07.2023 - Current
Advanced Security Engineers - ASE SEC
Miles IT
05.2022 - 07.2023
SOC I Analyst / Sr. Enterprise Support Specialist
MilesIT
12.2021 - 05.2022
SOC I Analyst / Support Specialist
Miles IT
09.2019 - 12.2021
IT Consultant
MilesIT
02.2019 - 09.2019
Helpdesk Consultant
MilesIT
05.2018 - 02.2019
IT Systems Administrator
Rocco's Collision Centers
01.2018 - 03.2018
Bachelor of Science - Technical Systems Management
DeVry University
2016 - 2018
Bachelor of Science - VFX & Motion Graphics
The Art Institute of Philadelphia
2012 - 2016
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