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Kevin Schmidt
Director Analyst, KI Leader
Kevin supports the GTP Secure Infrastructure team in Security Operations (SOC, monitoring, and vulnerability assessment). He also researches AI (Generative AI, LLMs, etc.) and their usage in security operations.
Previous experience
Led the creation of a managed security service (MSSP) for SMBs. Worked as a contractor leading a Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT). Built event correlation and machine learning technology for a major MSSP's homegrown SIEM platform. Built one of the first commercially viable SIEM platforms. Was a software engineer on a commercial appliance-based IPS
Professional background
Argo Cyber Systems, CTO/CIRT Lead, 4 years
Imagine Believe Realize, Senior Systems Engineer / Operations Lead, 3 years
SecureWorks, Software Engineer/Senior Manager Engineering/Product Owner, 12 years
Areas of coverage
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Security Operations for Technical Professionals
Education
BSc Computer Science, Regis University (Denver, CO)
MSc Cybersecurity, University of West Florida (Pensacola, FL)
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
SOC Staffing/building
SIEM architecture, deployment, and management.
Detection engineering and alert creation/management.
AI for Security Operations
AI Security