Introduction: Stephen Semmelroth is both a West Point and Ranger School graduate, served in Afghanistan, led both a red team and a threat intelligence team while in the Army's Cyber Corps, founded and sold a Veteran-focused cyber recruiting company, and now leads both StrataCore's external recruiting division and their client security procurement discipline. Stephen is the VP of Cyber at Statacore that is an International focused organization that is headquartered in Seattle.Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephencsemmelroth/Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/diodepackConnect over Email: [email protected] in this InterviewThat helicopter pilots are the best at threat modelingIf you are transitioning into security, leverage your “unfair advantage” and demonstrate that you are capable by competing in CFT or other competitive events. Topics Reviewed: Journey to cybersecurity from farm to electrical engineer to cybersecurityCode FellowsHow Security Practitioners can level up their gamePrivileged Access Management Systems “PAM”Effective Incident Response Planning from executives to engineers Threat Modeling and why helicopter pilots are the best at itOSINT as adversarial “Due Diligence” Favorite Quotes:“To be an endurance athlete you have to endure”“For a security product to be considered it must solve at least two problems and be designed to be effective in the hands of the most junior person on the team”Reference:Code Fellows: https://www.codefellows.org/Linux Privileged Access Management “PAM”: https://cmd.com/General Resume Guidance “ATS”: https://www.stratacore.com/rainier-cyber-resume