Patrick Laverty

Social Engineer, Consultant, Cybersecurity Instructor, Mentor

Certified Ethical Social Engineering (CESE)

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Lincoln, RI 02865

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adz5nv@r.postjobfree.com

linkedin.com/in/plaverty9

EXPERIENCE

Social-Engineer LLC, Orlando, FL — Senior Team Lead January 2022 - PRESENT

Lead a team of professional social engineers to perform engagements for Fortune 500 companies. Work includes demonstrating risk and consulting on areas for improvement. Daily duties include building and designing phishing and vishing campaigns and writing clear reports for executive and technical audiences. Focused on support and professional career development with my team of consultants.

Rapid7, Boston, MA — Security Consultant, Penetration Tester April 2016 - January 2022

Performed many types of penetration tests for Rapid7 clients including external network, internal network, web applications, network segmentation, API, phishing and phone social engineering, and remediation validation. Ability to write clear and concise reports to demonstrate risk and verbally convey information to clients. Brown University, Providence, RI — Instructor & Advisor September 2016 - June 2020

Advising students in the Masters In Cybersecurity program since its inception. Teaching section on web application security and delivered presentations on penetration testing.

Akamai Technologies, Cambridge, MA — SIRT Lead

August 2013 - April 2016

Managed a team to support and optimize web application security for Fortune 500 firms. Met with high-level technical executives to improve security strategy for their companies. Performed technical reconnaissance on current and imminent security threats. Gave internal and external training sessions on security trends, tools and technologies. Brown University, Providence, RI — Web Developer

November 2001 - August 2013

Web application developer primarily in LAMP stack, building applications for university stakeholders. Performed system administration for campus Wordpress, Confluence and Blackboard systems.

SKILLS

Phishing, Vishing, Smishing,

OSINT, People Management

and Development, Nmap,

Metasploit, Password

Cracking, CrackMapExec,

Impacket, EyeWitness,

Responder, Burp Suite Pro,

Recon-NG, BeEF, AirCrack

Suite, SQLMap, Hashcat,

Wireshark, Mimikatz, Linux

PUBLIC SPEAKING

Keynote

Princeton University

“A Day in the Life of a Social

Engineer”

Security Weekly Webinar

“How to Create and Run a

Conference”

BSides New Hampshire

“I Know Your Password”

Boston College Security Camp

“Social Engineering”

BSides Connecticut

“Pentesting Tips & Tricks”

Keynote

IPExpo Manchester, UK

“Under the Hoodie”

TRAINING ATTENDED

SANS SEC 642 & 542

ORGANIZATIONS

Layer 8 Conference & Podcast, Creator/Organizer

October 2017 - PRESENT

Creator of a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization to run an internationally regarded conference focusing on social engineering and OSINT. Host of the podcast that interviewed experts in social engineering and OSINT. DefCon 401, Chapter Lead

May 2017 - April 2021

Connected information security professionals through monthly meetings and brought in expert speakers to share information. Topics included lockpicking, password cracking, open-source tools use, SCADA and more. OWASP Rhode Island, Chapter Founder & Leader

April 2011 - May 2017

Connected web application enthusiasts through monthly informational meetings on the topic. Affiliated with the international OWASP organization.

VOLUNTEER WORK

Innocent Lives Foundation, Ambassador

A non-profit organization that uses OSINT to provide assistance to law enforcement to catch online predators of children. Erika Niedowski Memorial Scholarship, Board Chairman Created and oversee the scholarship to continue Erika’s desired legacy in supporting Black college students from Rhode Island. DefCon Conference - Speaker Operations Goon

At DC 25, 27 and 28, worked to prepare main stage speakers, move VIP speakers around the conference

Cyber Security Advisory Committee, Office of U.S.

Congressman Jim Langevin

Member of former Congressman Langevin’s advisory committee for cybersecurity

Cyber Security Advisory Committee, R.I. Tech Collective Member of the cyber security advisory committee for the Rhode Island Tech Collective, an organization charged with workforce development for the state of Rhode Island.

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