Gerard Johansen

Gerard Johansen is an accomplished security professional with extensive experience in incident response and security solutions, currently serving as Principal Security Solutions Specialist and Principal Readiness Engineer at Red Canary since November 2021. Additional roles include Principal at IR Proactive and Freelance Author at Packt since January 2016. Gerard's previous positions encompass Senior Incident Response Commander and Consultant at Cisco Talos Intelligence Group, as well as various roles at Cisco, URM Stores Inc, and Intrinium. Educational credentials include a Master's Certificate in Monitoring, Surveillance, and Intelligence Operations from Utica University, a Certificate in Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Assessment from Norwich University, an MS in Information Assurance from Norwich University, a BS in Justice and Law Administration from Western Connecticut State University, and training as a Trooper Trainee from the Connecticut State Police Academy.