MaryEllen Kennel

Product Engineer

United States19 yrs 3 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in offensive security and incident response.
  • Proven track record in financial services cybersecurity.
  • Skilled in malware analysis and penetration testing.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity expert specializing in Fintech and Offensive Security.

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Skills

Core Skills

Incident ResponseWeb Application SecurityPhysical PenetrationNetwork SecurityInformation Security Management

Other Skills

Digital ForensicsIntrusion DetectionInformation SecurityMalware AnalysisPenetration TestingAdversary SimulationMITRE ATT&CKNetwork IntrusionPre-attack ReconnaissanceWireless ReconCustom Device ConfigurationForensicsThreat IntelligenceSecurity ControlsCISSP

About

Accomplished Cyber Security professional with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Additionally, I enjoy sharing new research/tools I find at DFIRLinks.blogspot.com, and I am an accomplished martial artist.

Experience

19 yrs 3 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
9 yrs 2 mos
Current Experience

Black hills information security

Research Assistant/Co-Presenter "Talkin' 'Bout InfoSec News" Webcast

Jan 2025Present · 1 yr 3 mos · Remote

  • Content researcher and presenter for the weekly Black Hills Information Security award-nominated “Talkin’ ‘Bout InfoSec News” Webcast. Each week we break down the biggest news stories affecting cybersecurity, and explain how they impact our viewers directly, and indirectly.
  • As research assistant, my unique background in broadcast media and cybersecurity, allow me to leverage industry expertise to utilize a storyboard approach around current cybersecurity events, maximizing audience and presenter engagement.

Bny mellon

3 roles

Principal, Offensive Security Hunt Team

Promoted

Jul 2019Present · 6 yrs 9 mos · New York, New York, United States

  • Researched attack techniques to develop detection and prevention strategies globally.
  • Led regularly scheduled collaborative hunts across security teams, and ran adversary simulations built off of the MITRE ATT@CK framework.
  • Collaborated with both offensive and defensive teams to research the most effective detection use-cases.
  • Led deception deployment within our environment.
  • Reverse engineered malware for internal reports presented to C-level executives, and the Board.
  • Researched PoC’s for new exploits, then ran them against our environment (in a VM replica) and submit findings for new use-cases.
Web Application SecurityIncident ResponseDigital ForensicsIntrusion DetectionInformation SecurityMalware Analysis+1

Vice President, Offensive Security Red Team

Jun 2018Jul 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo · New York, New York, United States

  • Part of a 3-person team tasked with performing physical penetration and network intrusion globally.
  • Performed pre-attack reconnaissance against numerous locations and subsidiaries.
  • Developed operations to evade detection sensors.
  • Ran wireless recon with a Yagi antenna coupled with a WiFi Pineapple, pre-network attack.
  • Configured and assembled custom Raspberry Pi devices for drops during ops.
  • Performed ops using Wireless endoscopic cameras, GoPro cameras, ProxMark card reader/writers, LAN Turtles, USB Rubber Ducky, Bash Bunny, HackRF One, and lockpicks.
Physical PenetrationNetwork IntrusionPre-attack ReconnaissanceWireless ReconCustom Device ConfigurationNetwork Security

Vice President, Incident Response

Feb 2017Jun 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos · New York, New York, United States

  • Led oversight of Information Security incidents and drove collaboration among global business partners to engage communication, containment, and remediation efforts.
  • Partnered with LoB leaders in Forensics, Threat Intelligence, Business Risk, and Incident Response to implement wide-ranging security controls, strategies, and designs for improvement of security posture while not stifling business goals; selected by BitDiscovery during its Stealth stage due my relationship, to be one of three testers.
  • Proactively took charge and addressed security loopholes within the organization.
  • Responsible for building Red Team/Blue Team relationships to identify, analyze, and catalogue IS risks and threats.
  • Led WarGames across all teams, globally; BEC, Malware, Phishing, etc.
Incident ResponseForensicsThreat IntelligenceSecurity ControlsInformation Security Management

First data corporation

‎Senior Cyber Threat Analyst

Aug 2014Feb 2017 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Greater New York City Area

  • Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst, C-SIRT, Global Cyber Security & Fraud

Accessdata

Digital Forensic Analyst & Incident Response

Dec 2012Aug 2014 · 1 yr 8 mos · New York, NY

  • IT Security, Digital Investigations & Incident Response

Protiviti

Senior Security Analyst

Jan 2011Dec 2012 · 1 yr 11 mos · New York, NY

  • IT Security, Internal Audit, Risk & Compliance

Business intelligence associates, inc. (bia)

Senior Digital Forensic Investigator

Jan 2009Jan 2011 · 2 yrs · New York, NY

  • Digital Investigations

Sans institute

Course Author and Advisory Board Member

Apr 2008Jul 2009 · 1 yr 3 mos · New York, NY

  • Course Author SEC565 “Data Leak Prevention” and Advisory Board Member

Inguardians, inc.

Senior Digital Forensic Investigator and Physical Pen-Tester

Jan 2008Jan 2009 · 1 yr

  • Digital Investigations and Physical Pen-Testing Consultant

Cyber diligence, inc.

Digital Forensic Analyst

Jan 2007Jan 2009 · 2 yrs

  • Digital Investigations Consultant

Education

New York University

Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance

Jan 2012Present

Columbia University

Computer Technology and Application Design

Jan 2001Present

AccessData Certified Examiner (ACE) Forensic Tool Kit

Jan 2008Present

Splunk Power User Certification

Jan 2015Present

SANS Institute Courses

FireEye iSIGHT Red Team Blue Team

Martial Arts Training

Tanium Training

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