Ryan Carroll

Experience

Product Security Enablement Manager - Adobe

June 2023 - Present

Product Security Enablement Specialist - Adobe

August 2023 - June 2023

  • Managed Adobe’s Security Champion program consisting of over 400 people across all solutions at Adobe to effectively scale security across the company.
  • Created and managed a Security Evangelism program to educate product engineers on top-of-mind Security topics and the Security org's upcoming initiatives.
  • Coordinated the implementation strategy and launch plan for ~10 internal security initiatives.

Cyber Security Intern - Adobe

June 2022 - Sept 2022

  • Developed and deployed two POCs to reduce security specialist response times by 80% and reduce customer wait times.
  • Collaborated with key stakeholders to identify the core challenges encountered during the response to vendor risk assessments and utilized insights to develop a comprehensive strategy for a solution.

Leadership Activities

Vice President – Cloud Security Alliance Seattle Chapter

  • Evangelizing the CSA Seattle Chapter mission, enlisting participation, growing awareness of modern cloud security topics, and building relationships with companies to gain new members.

Security Engineer - Cyber Peace Builder program

  • Assisted an NGO in launching a phishing simulation and followed up with a postmortem and helped share best practices with the organizations in a company-wide presentation.

Deloitte Cyber Threat Competition - First Place

  • Advanced in a CTF challenge, reached the final round, and competed in a 4-person team against top university cybersecurity students in an incident response simulation.

ISACA Research Paper Competition - Runner-up

  • Authored a cybersecurity research paper on blockchain security, particularly examining the impact of cross-chain bridges on the cyber ecosystem and proposing potential remedial measures.

Mentor @ University of Washington Information School

  • Mentor current students to help them build foundational skills and take advantage of opportunities

Education

Bachelor of Science in Informatics (Cybersecurity Focus)

University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Minor in Business Administration

Skills

  • Python
  • Linux
  • PowerShell
  • Git
  • Team Leadership
  • SQL
  • JavaScript
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • CTF
  • Technical Writing
  • MITRE ATT&CK Framework
  • TTPs
  • Public Speaking
  • Unstopability

Certifications

  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • CompTIA Security+
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals