Steven Laura

Steven Laura is a highly experienced cybersecurity professional currently serving as a Senior Cybersecurity Assessment Engineer on the Red Team at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma & Texas since May 2019. In addition to this role, Steven has been an Associate Faculty member at Cochise College since January 2011, where instruction includes courses on the Linux Operating System. Previous positions include Senior Security Consultant/Penetration Tester and Security Consultant/Penetration Tester at Rapid7, and Penetration Tester at Xerox, focusing on vulnerability detection and risk reduction. Early career experience includes work as an IA Engineer at TASC, Inc. and as a SOC Engineer at Spexus, alongside military service in the United States Air Force. Steven holds a Master's degree in Information Technology with a specialization in Information Security and Assurance from Kaplan University, a Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems from Bellevue University, and an Associate's degree in Computer Information Systems from the Community College of the Air Force.