Amanda Berlin

Amanda Berlin

Amanda Berlin is the Lead Incident Detection Engineer for Blumira and the CEO and owner of the nonprofit corporation Mental Health Hackers. She is the author of a Blue Team best practices book called “Defensive Security Handbook: Best Practices for Securing Infrastructure” with Lee Brotherston through O’Reilly Media. She is a co-host of the Brakeing Down Security podcast and writes for several blogs. She has spent over a decade in different areas of technology and sectors providing infrastructure support, triage, and design.  She now spends her time creating as many meaningful alerts as possible.

Amanda is an avid volunteer and mental health advocate. She has presented at a large number of conventions, meetings, and industry events. While she doesn’t have the credentials or notoriety that others might have, she hopes to make up for it with her wit, sense of humor, and knack for catching on quickly to new technologies.

Featured Speakers

John Hammond
  • John Hammond
  • Senior Security Researcher, Huntress
El Copeland
  • El Copeland
  • Community and Product Manager, Gozynta
Brian Kelly
  • Brian Kelly
  • Visionary, high-EQ Operations Leader excited about helping people succeed in the MSP space
Kyle Hanslovan
  • Kyle Hanslovan
  • CEO - Huntress
Adam Evans
  • Adam Evans
  • Security Director, Simplex-IT
Kyle Christensen
  • Kyle Christensen
  • Coach, Speaker, Executive and founder of K7 Leadership
Kelvin Tegelaar
  • Kelvin Tegelaar
  • CEO @ CyberDrain, CTO @ Lime Networks, Microsoft MVP
Reg Harnish
  • Reg Harnish
  • CEO of OrbitalFire