Summary
Jeremiah Bess is a seasoned Cybersecurity Incident Responder and Digital Forensics Analyst with 11 years of professional experience and over two decades of hands-on work in defense and incident response. Currently leading incident response at Fannie Mae and previously directing shift operations and SOC strategy for Raytheon, he excels at coordinating large teams, refining detection processes, and delivering executive-level reporting. His Air Force background includes standing up an IR team that handled thousands of threats annually and pioneering network blocking that prevented thousands of attacks, demonstrating operational leadership in high-stakes environments. Jeremiah blends deep technical skills—malware and memory forensics, SIEM tuning, threat hunting, and penetration testing training—with proven program management and mentorship of analysts. Based in Idaho Falls, he is known for quickly detecting red-team activity and turning that adversary insight into repeatable detection content and process improvements. He pairs a disciplined military foundation with continuous professional development (GIAC, eLearnSecurity, Volatility training) to drive measurable security outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Powershell 4.0 for the IT Professional, Powershell 4.0 for the IT Professional at Microsoft
Malware and Memory Forensics Training with Volatility, Malware and Memory Forensics Training with Volatility at Volexity
eJPT - eLearnSecurity Junior Penetration Tester, eJPT - eLearnSecurity Junior Penetration Tester at eLearnSecurity
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Technical Managment, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Technical Managment at DeVry
GIAC Continuous Monitoring Certification (GMON), SEC511: Continuous Monitoring and Security Operations, GIAC Continuous Monitoring Certification (GMON), SEC511: Continuous Monitoring and Security Operations at SANS Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
Distinguished Graduate, Communications-Computer Systems Operations, Distinguished Graduate, Communications-Computer Systems Operations at Air Force Education & Training
Practical Threat Hunting, Practical Threat Hunting at Applied Network Defense
Sidewinder 6.1.1 Firewall Administration, Sidewinder 6.1.1 Firewall Administration at Secure Computing
Host-Based Security Software (HBSS), Host-Based Security Software (HBSS) at Defense Information Security Agency (DISA)
American Sign Language