Jake Hildreth
Principal Security Consultant at Semperis
Pemberville, Ohio, United States
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Top SchoolJake Hildreth is a Principal Security Consultant and Microsoft MVP who blends hands-on Active Directory expertise with a knack for practical tooling and automation. With roots as a sysadmin and two decades of infrastructure experience, he has led large-scale AD security assessments for massive environments and cut engagement times through custom PowerShell and SQLite tooling. At Trimarc he set the ADSA roadmap, mentored assessors, managed open-source programs, and now brings that operational rigor to incident response at Semperis. He maintains Locksmith, an open-source tool that detects and remediates AD CS misconfigurations, reflecting his focus on building solutions that make complex security tasks easier and reversible. Based in Pemberville, Ohio, Jake balances technical leadership with a grounded, family-first perspective as a husband and dad.
4 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of CincinnatiComputer Technology/Computer Systems Technology, Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology at Stautzenberger College-MaumeeAssociate's degree Business Management (Cyber Security Focus), Associate's degree Business Management (Cyber Security Focus) at Eastern Gateway Community College
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Github Skills (11)
it-security10
powershell10
active-directory10
security10
scripting9
access-control9
vulnerability-assessment9
automations8
automation8
audit8
auditing8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jakehildreth/Locksmith
Apr 2022 - Jan 2023
A small tool built to find and fix common misconfigurations in Active Directory Certificate Services.
Role in this project:
Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:12 releases, 118 reviews, 53 commits in 9 months
Contributions summary:Jake has primarily contributed to the development of a security tool designed to find and fix misconfigurations within Active Directory Certificate Services. Their work began with the initial framework and core functionality, focusing on identifying issues and implementing functions to gather information about the certificate authorities and related configurations. The user implemented functions for detecting common vulnerabilities, including those related to auditing, access control, and certificate template settings (ESC1, ESC2, ESC4, ESC5, and ESC6). They have also added the functionality to generate PowerShell scripts for remediation, and a script to revert any changes made during the process.
windows-serversecuritytinyactivedirectorypowershell
jakehildreth/PowerPUG
Apr 2024 - Jan 2025
A tiny tool built to help AD Admins safely utilize the Protected Users group.
Contributions:3 releases, 10 PRs, 116 pushes in 9 months
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