Florentina Ferati — DevOps Engineer
Tina is an Information Security leader bringing more than ten years of industry experience. Currently, she works as a Security Engineering Manager leading Airbnb's Threat Detection & Response program, protecting Airbnb's community and infrastructure. She leverages her strong leadership skills to hire, support and retain top talent by enabling them to do their best work that align to business goals, set technical and strategic direction for her teams and partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders to protect Airbnb against both internal and external threats. Most recently Tina has been focused on building a global threat detection and incident response team with presence in different parts of the World. Her strong digital forensics, investigation and data analysis skills enable her to solve complex cases on a daily basis and lead a strong team of security engineers through their work. Another big part of her role is improving and scaling detection systems and response capabilities to mitigate and defend against large scale threats. Before transitioning to a manager role, Tina was a Staff Insider Threat Engineer where she was tasked with building out an Insider Threat Detection & Response program. Previously, she has worked at Facebook protecting Facebook’s most sensitive data of over 2 billion users and corporate infrastructure. Before that she worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as a Forensics Technology consultant and has over three years of consulting experience specializing in cybercrime investigations, digital forensics, data analytics, malware analysis and e-discovery. During her time at PwC, she investigated highly sophisticated Advanced Persistence Threat (APT) attacks for various technology manufacturing clients, retail clients and other companies whose networks had been compromised. She performed digital forensics to identify entry vector/exploit, attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), lateral movement, data exfiltration and guided clients through recommended remediation steps to secure their networks. Tina holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science alongside minors in Mathematics and Business Administration from Texas Lutheran University. Tina is passionate about technology, security and innovative businesses, and is currently pursuing a Graduate Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Stanford University.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity expert with a focus on threat detection and incident response.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Experience: 14 yrs 6 mos
Skills
- Incident Response
- Threat Detection
- Insider Threat Detection
- Digital Forensics
Career Highlights
- Over ten years of experience in Information Security.
- Led global threat detection and incident response teams.
- Expert in digital forensics and cybercrime investigations.
Work Experience
Airbnb
Security Engineering Manager, Threat Detection and Response (5 yrs 11 mos)
Staff Security Engineer, Insider Threat Detection & Response (5 mos)
Tech Lead in Information Security, Incident Response, Insider Threats @Facebook (4 yrs 5 mos)
PwC
Experienced Associate, Forensic Technology Solutions (2 yrs 9 mos)
Rackspace
Product Management Intern (3 mos)
Bulldog Investment Company
Investment Analyst Intern (10 mos)
Perceptual Science and Technology REU at Rutgers University
Visiting Researcher (2 mos)
KBR, Inc.
Passenger Service Coordinator (2 mos)
Education
MGT512: Security Leadership Essentials for Managers at SANS Technology Institute
SEC573: Automating Information Security with Python at SANS Technology Institute
FOR518: Mac and iOS Forensic Analysis and Incident Response at SANS Technology Institute
FOR585 Advanced Smartphone Forensics at SANS Technology Institute
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) at Texas Lutheran University
LDR514: Security Strategic Planning at SANS Technology Institute
