Derrick Farmer
Director Security Operations
Greater Burlington Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDerrick Farmer is a seasoned security operations leader with nine years of focused experience managing SOCs and delivering managed threat intelligence services, now serving as Director of Security Operations at Vertek. He blends deep hands-on technical expertise—CISSP, multiple Cisco, AlienVault, Snort and CompTIA certifications—with practical experience in incident response, vulnerability analysis, IDS/IPS, and enterprise network architecture. Derrick has led security programs for financial institutions as a Virtual Information Security Officer and built continuous monitoring offerings that act as an extension of client IT teams. Known for translating complex security telemetry into actionable risk reduction, he emphasizes high availability, network resiliency, and regulatory compliance. A former digital forensics club co-founder and Champlain College alumnus, he brings investigative rigor and an operator’s mindset to strategic security leadership.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
A.A.S. Electronics and Computer Technology, A.A.S. Electronics and Computer Technology at Kennebec Valley Community CollegeB.S. Computer and Digital Forensics, B.S. Computer and Digital Forensics at Champlain CollegeGithub contributions (5)
ring0x0/emotet-configs
Nov 2018 - Apr 2022
Contributions:561 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 5 months
ring0x0/honeydrops
Jun 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:2143 commits, 2074 pushes, 3 branches in 8 months
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