This is My Story

In case you missed my domain name, my name is Brandon Eckert. I currently live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and I have been in the world of IT for over 15 years.  Though I have held various roles inside of IT, my passion has always been information security. Learning about hacking and viruses are what initially got me interested in IT. I currently hold the following certifications:

• EC-Council Certified Chief Information Security Officer (C|CISO)
• Offensive-Security Certified Expert (OSCE3)

• Offensive-Security Exploit Developer (OSED)

• Offensive-Security Expert Penetration Tester (OSEP)
• Offensive-Security Web Expert (OSWE)
• Offensive-Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
• GIAC Cyber Threat Intelligence (GCTI)
• GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware (GREM)
• GIAC Information Security Professional (GISP)
• GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE)
• GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
• GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC)
• CompTIA Network+
• CompTIA A+

I started my career as a software developer at a manufacturing company. There, I developed software that integrated into our presses to pull metrics for reporting. I also wrote an inventory control system that utilized barcodes on our material, as well as integration into our scales (via RS232) to ensure proper ratios be combined for our finished products.

I then moved on to a pet food manufacturer in which I started out as a Desktop Technician, and worked my way up to Systems Administrator. Exchange, AD, VMWare, Thin Clients, etc etc (the norm of a SysAdmin role!).

Currently, I work in the financial sector in an information security role and absolutely love it!

When I am not working, I enjoy researching new cybersecurity threats, playing around on vulnhub, going to the gym, TRYING to eat healthy, cars, and like a typical nerd….video games!