Austin Newhart

Austin Newhart, CISSP, currently serves as the Lead Cybersecurity Engineer/IAM Engineer at GuidePoint Security, where responsibilities include securing access for the United States Postal Service through an IAM solution, collaborating on modern authentication protocols, and creating custom integrations. Prior experience includes a Senior Systems and Security Engineer role at First Commerce Credit Union, where Austin led the implementation of SAML SSO through Azure Active Directory and improved email security with DKIM and DMARC, as well as a Systems and Security Engineer position focused on backup security and cloud presence architecture. Austin's career began at Maryland Computer Service Inc., advancing from Junior to Senior Systems Administrator, managing server setups and serving as a subject matter expert on Office365. Austin holds a Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance from Western Governors University.