Josh Rickard Security Research Engineer Swimlane Why
Nominated:Josh Rickard constantly utilizes
his knowledge and expertise to bolster the cybersecurity community, including
leading webinars and writing blog posts available to the public that focus on
automating malware analysis, employee offboarding with SOAR, the nuances of
Microsoft's OAuth2 implementation and more.Profile: Among Josh Rickard’s many accomplishments over the last year
was his instrumental role in Swimlane receiving runner- up recognition in the
2019 Microsoft Graph Security Hackathon. Rickard is dedicated to bringing a
focus to end users in the security industry because he views these people as
the first and last lines of defense. To this end he focuses efforts on
increasing their awareness and education.Interested parties can find him at SecOps Hub — a vendor-neutral community of security professionals at all levels where he leads discussions in and generates content. Beyond participating in and releasing numerous open- source projects, including but not limited to rewriting portions of Red Canary’s Atomic Red Team and writing a Python library for the Mitre ATT&CK Framework called pyattck, Rickard has helped shape what a SOAR platform is capable.
By
enabling IT and security teams to report and process spam and phishing emails
in an automated fashion, Rickard has shifted the mentality from not caring as
long as these messages ended up in the “deleted items” folder to proactive
protection. Additionally, Rickard has demonstrated how users can automate
simple tasks using scripting languages like PowerShell and Python.What colleagues say: “Josh is one of those rare individuals that brings a perfect blend of technical knowledge, business savvy, people skills and a solid focus on the big picture. Josh always has his finger on the pulse of security and technologies and can seamlessly translate how that new technology can be leveraged to help businesses. Finally, he is the consummate team player — always going above and beyond and lending a hand wherever it is needed.” - Susan Warner, director of global marketing at SwimlaneTeri Robinson
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