Jerod Brennen - BIO

Jerod Brennen - Security Architect, One Identity

By day, Jerod (@slandail) is a Security Architect with GBQ Partners. By night, he’s a husband, father, writer, filmmaker, martial artist, musician, gamer, and recovering social media junkie.

Jerod has earned every gray hair in his beard, having spent his career fulfilling infosec roles in consulting, higher education, retail, and public utilities. In that time, Jerod has worked on projects including security and compliance (GRC) program implementations, penetration tests, application security assessments, and security tool implementations.

Jerod shares what he’s learned over the years with local and regional information security professional organizations, as well as with attendees at larger information security conferences. He also teaches information security courses, both domestically and internationally.

His approach to infosec has two key tenets: you shouldn’t be afraid to void warranties, and you shouldn't need to bypass security to get your work done.