Daniel Blankenship

Daniel Blankenship has been a Systems Engineer at DESE Research, Inc. since October 2012, where responsibilities include serving as product owner for a mission-critical system, integrating vendor hardware and software with specific security controls, and authoring operational procedures. Additional experience encompasses roles as a System Administrator and Information Systems Security Officer, focusing on system and network administration, auditing diverse operating systems, and hardening both Windows and Linux environments. Daniel holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance from The University of Alabama in Huntsville and an Academic Certificate in Cyber Security from UCLA Extension. Earlier professional experience includes an internship at SudoSecure, where scanning clients and quality assurance of security training modules were performed.