Peyton Kennedy

Background

About Peyton Kennedy

Highly passionate around information security and securing the future. At heart, I am a security researcher with the goal of coming up with solutions to problems that don't even exist yet. Currently working and growing in Application Security with SAST, DAST, and SCA tools. Actively understanding, translating, and advising solutions on identified flaws in applications ranging from Web-Apps, mobile applications, APIs, and more. I am very driven and have taken my education into security/offensive security in my own hands through platforms such as Hack the Box, TryHackMe, and PortSwigger Web Security Academy across 5+ years. Highly proficient in tools/technologies such as: • BurpSuite Professional • OWASP ZAP • Veracode SAST, DAST, SCA • Kali Linux Continuously growing in: • Python • Javascript • Qiskit • AWS I have put these skills to use in both my professional career and in community activities such as: • Speaking on advanced hacking techniques against common API vulnerabilities • RDU Bsides 2022 CTF 3rd place competing solo against teams • Triangle InfoSeCon 2022 CTF 4th place competing solo against teams AWS Cloud Practitioner certified CompTIA Secuirty+ certified APISEC API Penetration Testing certified Burp Suite Certified Practioner (BSCP) GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT)