Kyle Avery
Cybersecurity Analyst at Travelers
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKyle Avery is a Cybersecurity Analyst and USAF veteran with six years of hands-on experience protecting enterprise environments and maturing defensive capabilities at Travelers Insurance. He blends military discipline in operations and records management with practical IT and network skills (CCNA training and a cybersecurity bachelor’s in progress) to deliver measurable efficiency and security improvements. At The Jackson Laboratory he saved $30k/year by containerizing research workflows and has a track record of automating migrations and data transfers that cut costs and hours in the Air Force. Kyle also contributes to offensive tooling—adding .NET execute-assembly support to the well-known BishopFox/sliver adversary emulation framework—giving him practical insight into red-team techniques that inform his defensive work. Based in Hartford, he’s a pragmatic problem-solver who favors simple debugging (printf) and focuses on turning complex environments into auditable, resilient systems.
6 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate), CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) at Cisco Networking AcademyBachelor's degree, Cybersecurity, Bachelor's degree, Cybersecurity at Central Connecticut State UniversityAssociate's degree, Cybersecurity, Associate's degree, Cybersecurity at Capital Community CollegeGeneral Studies, 4.0 GPA, General Studies, 4.0 GPA at Community College of the Air Force
Github Skills (7)
golang10
go10
emulation10
security-scan10
security-txt10
security10
powershell8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
BishopFox/sliver
Feb 2022 - Feb 2022
Adversary Emulation Framework
Role in this project:
Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:6 commits, 1 PR in 1 day
Contributions summary:Kyle contributed to the adversary emulation framework by modifying command execution logic within the client prelude. They implemented support for `execute-assembly` functionality, allowing for the execution of .NET assemblies. Additionally, the user updated the executor configuration and fixed paths related to the COFF loader, demonstrating an understanding of command-and-control techniques and system interaction within the context of a red-teaming framework. These changes indicate a focus on extending the tool's capabilities and adapting it to different execution environments.
dns-servercommand-and-controladversarial-attackssecurity-toolsdns
WKL-Sec/HiddenDesktop
May 2023 - Sep 2024
HVNC for Cobalt Strike
Contributions:1 PR, 1 push, 3 comments in 1 year 3 months
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