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Welcome! My name is Wade Wells, and I hunt for evil inside networks.

My dad built our first computer by dumpster diving in the early 90s, and I learned how to spell “windows” in MS-DOS before I could spell most other words. I’ve always been passionate about technology, computers, and bending the rules, so working in cyber security was pretty much always the dream. What keeps me here is the continuous hunt for knowledge, the thrill of falling down the rabbit hole, and knowing I’m helping a more significant cause.

These days I manage a threat detection engineering team. I started out in 2016 triaging alerts in a 24/7 SOC for a managed security provider, and I’ve spent the decade since doing detection engineering, threat hunting, and cyber threat intelligence — by way of a hosting provider, an energy utility, a fintech SaaS company, a Fortune 500 financial services firm, and now a security software company. If you want the formal version of all that, my LinkedIn has it.

I also teach. I wrote and run Cyber Threat Intelligence 101 for Antisyphon Training, available as a one-day or two-day class — it’s built around frameworks and the reasoning behind them rather than a tour of tools. On top of that I’m an adjunct professor at National University, and I spent two years mentoring career changers into their first security roles through Springboard.

On the community side, I sit on the board of BSides San Diego and I organize the San Diego site of DEATHcon, the hands-on Detection Engineering and Threat Hunting conference that runs every November across a couple dozen cities at once. I co-host Random but Memorable, and I turn up regularly on Talkin’ About Infosec News with the Black Hills crew.

When I’m not doing any of that, I’m probably reading something, walking the dog, or arguing with a detection rule that refuses to behave. Below you’ll find links to recordings of most of the talks, podcasts, and webcasts I’ve had the pleasure to give.

Got a detection problem, a CTI program that isn’t landing, or a conference that needs a speaker? Email me — I answer.

Cheers,

Wade // WadingThruLogs

Training

Conference Talks

Podcast Appearances

Webcasts & Video

Writing

I’ve written an article for four of Black Hills InfoSec’s Infosec Survival Guides — the community zines they hand out by the thousand at conferences. All of them are free to read.

Education & Certifications

  • M.S. Cybersecurity - Georgia Institute of Technology (2019–2023)
  • B.S. Information Technology / Cyber Security - Colorado State University, Global Campus (2017–2018)
  • A.S. Information Technology - San Diego City College (2015–2016)
  • Certifications: GIAC GMON, Recorded Future Certified Analyst, CompTIA CySA+, Security+, and Network+, MTA Windows Server Administration Fundamentals, ITIL Foundation, TestOut Security Pro
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