Troy Dearing leads Armor’s Threat Resistance Unit (TRU) and oversees all cyber threat intelligence & threat hunting initiatives. He initially joined Armor’s TRU as a Sr Ethical Hacker leveraging 22 years of expertise in IT and cyber security. Before joining Armor, Troy was a Computer Network Operator for the NSA, where he was tasked with performing Computer Network Exploitation operations. He retired from the Marine Corps after 20 years of service with distinction serving as a network intelligence subject matter expert, instrumental in the creation of a service level course on network exploitation and analysis. Early in his career he was selected for an internship at the NSA’s Red Team which established his foundation in cyber security expertise. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Maryland University College attaining his Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity. Troy is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).