About
Jared is a security researcher who specializes in Digital Forensics and Incident Response. Recently, he has been building and leading private sector Hunt Operations capabilities. In his previous life, Jared lead incident response missions for the U.S. Air Force Hunt Team, detecting and removing Advanced Persistent Threats on Air Force and DoD networks. Passionate about PowerShell and the open source community, Jared is the lead developer of PowerForensics, Uproot, and maintains a DFIR focused blog at www.invoke-ir.com.
Experience
Independent Security Researcher
Invoke-IR · www.invoke-ir.com
Present
Invoke-IR is a research blog that was founded in 2013 by Jared Atkinson. The blog focuses on Digital Forensics and Incident Response while paying particular attention to the Windows Operating System. One of the key interests of Invoke-IR is to bring scalable/open source Incident Response capabilities to the community. Key Contributions: - PowerForensics - A digital forensics framework for PowerShell - malsysproc - A Volatility Plugin to find malware hiding in plain sight - Discovered 7 new timestamps in the Win 8 Prefetch file format - Forensic Data Structure Posters
Defensive Services Technical Lead
Veris Group, LLC (now Coalfire Systems) · Washington D.C. Metro Area
Adjunct Lecturer (M.S., Cybersecurity - Intelligence & Forensics)
Utica College
Teaches cyber security classes to graduate students via distance (webinar, forums, phone calls, etc.) as part of Utica College's M.S. Cybersecurity program. Classes taught: CYB 624 - Advanced Cybercrime Investigations CYB 641 - Computer and Network Operations CYB 651 - Computer Forensics Investigations I
Cyberspace Operations Officer
688th Cyberspace Wing (Lackland AFB, TX) Commander's Action Group, Chief - Managed prioritization, tasking, and deconfliction of cyber missions for 21 worldwide organizations - Oversaw all operations for USAF’s premier Cyberspace Unit; provided direct support to Commander - Unit's representative to brief senior government officials regarding Air Force cyberspace capabilities 92nd Information Operations Squadron (Lackland AFB, TX) Hunt Operator - Significant national level contributions by developing & instructing AF-wide cyber operator training - Advanced Persistent Threat detection & mitigation for network, host, and mission specific systems - Regularly led 7-member crews conducting analysis/security for $1B cyber platform - Integral in design, implementation, and validation of the Air Force Hunt concept - Developed a back-end framework, 20 modules, and UI for a fully functioning counter-intrusion system from the ground up 333rd Training Squadron (Keesler AFB, MS) Cyber Student
Education
Arizona State University
Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies, History and Business
Western Governors University
Master of Science (M.S.), Information Security and Assurance
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