Troy Kent

Troy Kent is Threat Researcher at Awake Security. When Troy was 5, he used to open executable files in notepad. He thought he was programming. Now he opens them in IDA pro and thinks he's reverse engineering. His knack for pattern recognition and apparent fear of allowing puzzles to defeat him led him to working ticket queues, hunting for security incidents, rapidly prototyping new ideas into existence, working terrible hours and questioning career decisions.

TLS Fingerprinting: Rethinking Encrypted Traffic Analysis Strategies

Troy Kent | July 24, 2019 | encryption, Malware Detection, Network Security, TLS fingerprinting, traffic analysis

There seems to be some confusion about the appropriate way to use TLS fingerprinting in an environment. Anytime an SSL library, a library that uses any of those libraries, an OS or the application itself is updated or changed, there’s a good possibility that the fingerprint for that application will ... Read More

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security, SOC, AI, platform, Fortinet, human, SOC, SMBs, SOCs, SOCs, false positives, SOC

How to Break Broken SOC Cycles

Troy Kent | May 21, 2019 | Automation, Security Operations Center, SOC, threat detection, Threat Research

We’ve all heard the same buzzwords used to describe the current situation in security operation centers (SOCs). Among them are “alert fatigue,” “labor crunch,” the “skills gap,” “high turnover” and “missing advanced threats.” Based on my experience working in and with SOCs, I agree with these assessments. Here’s a (brief) ... Read More

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