Derek Carlin

About Derek Carlin

A highly motivated and team-oriented computer security professional with over a decade of progressive experience in the cloud hosting, security and IT industry. Demonstrated ability to identify business risks and implement proactive solutions. Diverse background in enterprise and network defense, security and vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, incident response, and malware analysis, and automation. Dedicated to self improvement and identifying areas to automate and streamline daily tasks and implementing a proactive security posture.Derek has spent over 10 years working in the Blue Team security space to include working in a Security Operations Center, as an Incident Responder, as an ISSM in the DOD/FedRAMP space, and as a Cloud Security Architect working with AWS and Azure. Derek has also spent over 6 years concurrently working in the Red Team field as a penetration tester focusing on Internal, External, Web Application, and Cloud Configuration assessments.

Experience

1. Adjunct Professor - Cybersecurity

   Bridgewater State University

   Dec 2025 — Present · Bridgewater, MA, US

Education

• Western Governors University

  Master’s Degree, Cybersecurity and Information Assurance

  2019 — 2020

• SANS Technology Institute

  Master’s Certificate, Purple Team Operations

• Worcester State University

  Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science

  2010