Mike Felch is a Principal Consultant on the Targeted Ops red team at TrustedSec. In his role he executes long-term red team engagements that focus heavy on cloud service providers, CI/CD pipelines, and containers. Mike started his career in 1997 as a Linux administrator, which led to numerous offensive security and engineering roles. His security background includes hardware hacking, red teaming, and penetration testing at employers like Black Hills Information Security, CrowdStrike, and Fortress. Outside of work, Mike operates a family ranch where he raises cattle, chickens, goats, and horses. He regularly speaks at security conferences throughout the USA, is an active member of the central Florida infosec community, and open-sources offsec tools.