Ron Arestia

About Ron Arestia

Veteran IT engineer with expertise in modern identity, cryptography, cybersecurity, and cloud infrastructure. I\'ve worked directly with our US federal, state, and local government IT teams to facilitate workshops, lead technical training sessions, and advance customers in their cloud journeys. I have a rich career history with financial services, healthcare, and government industries including audit compliance (HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOX), identity, security hardening and incident response, networking architecture, and Microsoft platform implementations. • 30-year IT career spanning web development, Tier 1 customer service, endpoint engineering, MS Exchange, VMware and Hyper-V virtualization, software-defined networking, storage, and both on-prem and cloud infrastructure platforms • Deep Microsoft product knowledge including on-premises platforms, Azure infrastructure, Active Directory identity suite (ADDS and ADFS), Public Key Infrastructure, and cryptography (ADCS and OpenSSL) • Experienced cybersecurity incident responder with 10+ years of Active Directory hardening practice • Hold degrees in English and Professional Writing and author of documentation, white papers, and blogs on IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, policy, and process • Demonstrated business acumen in cross-functional technology advocacy and executive stakeholder management

Experience

1. Sr Security Researcher

   Microsoft

   Mar 2025 — Present

Education

• University of Central Florida

  Graduate Certificate

  2006 — 2009

• Florida State University

  Bachelor of Arts - BA

  1998 — 2002