Bio

TrustedSec is an information security consulting company located in Strongsville, Ohio. TrustedSec was founded by David Kennedy and provides top-notch information security assessment and consulting services. Binary Defense was spawned from the need for better monitoring and detection capabilities in companies. Binary Defense is a full service 24/7/365 Monitoring and Detection company (MSSP) that focuses on the detection of attackers in its early stages. BD is an extension of your team, and something you can rely upon. David Kennedy is the Founder of TrustedSec and Co-Founder and Chief Hacking Officer of Binary Defense Systems (BDS). David started both these companies with the belief in the betterment of the security industry and promoting the advancement of the industry through quality services. TrustedSec and BDS (both sister companies) provide consulting and MSSP services and can handle every aspect of an organization. Prior to TrustedSec and BDS, David was a Chief Security Officer (CSO) for Diebold Incorporated, an international Fortune 1000 global company. David has had guest appearances on FoxNews, CNN, and other high-profile media outlets. David is the founder of DerbyCon, a large-scale security conference in Louisville Kentucky. David also co-authored Metasploit: The Penetration Testers Guide book which was number one on Amazon.com in security for over 6 months. David was also one of the founding members of the “Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES)“. PTES is the industry leading standard and guidelines around how penetration tests should be performed and methodologies.David is the creator of several widely popular open-source tools including The Social-Engineer Toolkit (SET) and many more. David has over 12 years of security experience, with over five years specifically for information security consulting. Lastly, David was a U.S. Marine working for the intelligence community and spent several years in the middle east including Iraq.