Amanda Berlin
About Amanda Berlin
Amanda Berlin serves as the Lead Incident Detection Engineer at Blumira and has been the CEO of Mental Health Hackers since 2018. With extensive experience in cybersecurity, she has held various roles in incident detection and security analysis across multiple organizations.
Work at Blumira
Amanda Berlin currently serves as the Lead Incident Detection Engineer at Blumira, a position she has held since 2021. In this role, she leads a team of Incident Detection Engineers, focusing on the creation and maturation of detection strategies. Amanda also contributes to product design and ideation for Blumira's security solutions. Prior to her current role, she worked as a Senior Incident Detection Engineer and Senior Security Architect at Blumira from 2020 to 2021 and 2018 to 2020, respectively. Her responsibilities included performing root cause analysis during critical severity events and providing customer escalation support.
Current Leadership Roles
In addition to her role at Blumira, Amanda Berlin is the CEO of Mental Health Hackers, a position she has held since 2018. She also co-owns Cybersecurity Conference Training, LLC, which she has been involved with since 2020. In these leadership roles, Amanda focuses on enhancing cybersecurity awareness and training, contributing to the development of industry standards and practices.
Previous Experience in Cybersecurity
Amanda Berlin has extensive experience in cybersecurity, having worked in various roles prior to her current positions. She was a Senior Security Analyst at NetWorks Group from 2017 to 2019 and held multiple positions at Hurricane Labs, including Super Secret Squirrel Security Engineer, Network Security Engineer, and Information Security Architect from 2015 to 2017. Additionally, she worked as a Help Desk Analyst and Network Analyst II at Firelands Regional Medical Center from 2008 to 2014, gaining a broad range of skills in security analysis and incident response.
Educational Background
Amanda Berlin studied Computer Information Systems at North Central State College, where she earned an Associate's degree from 2002 to 2005. She completed her high school education at South Central High School, graduating with a High School Diploma in 2002. This educational foundation has supported her career in cybersecurity and incident detection.
Contributions to Cybersecurity Community
Amanda Berlin actively participates in the cybersecurity community by sharing her expertise through webinars and industry conferences. She contributes to vulnerability write-ups, blog articles, and software development as part of her role at Blumira. Notably, she authored a security detection update on May 7, 2024, which focused on emerging threats targeting Cisco devices by a state-sponsored hacking group.