Miguel Arias

Miguel Arias is an experienced cybersecurity professional currently serving as a Cyber Risk Defense Consultant at Kaiser Permanente since January 2024. Previously, Miguel held multiple positions at Costco Wholesale, including Threat Hunting Engineer and Incident Response SOAR Engineer 3, from April 2021 to January 2024, following roles as a Security Automation Engineer at Arrow Electronics and a Security Analyst at Costco. Early career experience includes support for a 24/7 SOC operation at Sandia National Laboratories, IT and network support at Palms Casino Resort, and programming and network analysis roles at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Miguel holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and additional certifications in Redhat Linux and cybersecurity from EC-Council University.