Ben Mauch
Practice Lead, Defense & Countermeasures
Experience
Ben has been working in technology and development for over 20 years. He spent 13 years doing defense in the medical industry before moving over to the offense. He uses his knowledge of defense in order to refine his offensive skills and then uses this knowledge to equip customers with a better understanding of defensive methodologies.
Education & Certifications
GIAC Certified Penetration Tester (GPEN)
Professional Affiliations
Board Member for Secure Chicago, LLC
Passion for Security
Ben has dedicated himself to the security industry for the past 15 years. He speaks at several conferences a year across the US and he has presented in Oslo, Norway. Ben is active in the security community by offering talks, training, and encouraging new people to get involved. Ben has released open source tools including The PoshSec Framework, HoneyCreds, and Not PowerShell (nps) which are designed to help organizations refine their security posture.
Recent Blog Posts
As a former defender, there is a sense of “happiness” when I can put defenses in place that allow you to detect attacks and potential indicators of compromise (IoC). It’s like those old spy toys you would get as a kid that had the “laser” light and would make a sound if the light beam...
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Over the past year, we have seen a lot of research come out which highlights several of Microsoft’s native binaries which can be leveraged by an attacker to compromise or gain access to a system. One of these binaries, msbuild.exe, has proven very reliable in allowing us to gain a shell on a host in...
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Recent Webinars
THIS WEBINAR WAS RECORDED ON JULY 7, 2021. Approaching an attack from all angles—conducting, detecting, and defending against them—can be a key element for strengthening the capabilities of security teams via Purple Team exercises and collaborative learning. However, finding practical...
Recorded on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. The goal of the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), and theSecurity Operations Center (SOC) or Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) that manage it, is to relay actionable intelligence that enables security teams to...
Recorded August 21, 2019 at 1 P.M. EST Adversaries continue to morph tactics and identify new ways of attacking organizations. Whether emulating a perimeter breach or the more popular phishing attack on the user population, it has never been more...