Ian Cooper

Ian Cooper

Detection Engineer at Expel

Credentials & Achievements

Certifications

AI Red Teaming and AI Security Masterclass — Maven Issued Sep 2025

AI Red-Teaming Professional (AIRTP+) — Learn Prompting

AWS Certified Security – Specialty — Amazon Web Services Issued Jan 2024

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate — Amazon Web Services Issued Jun 2023

Stage 2 Security - AWS/Azure/GCP Red Team Training — Stage 2 Security

RIT Cyber Security MicroMasters Program — edX / Rochester Institute of Technology Issued Jul 2021

RIT Computer Forensics — Rochester Institute of Technology Issued Oct 2020

Protecting Your Network with Open-Source Software — Lynda.com Issued Oct 2018


CTF Wins

1st place — GhostRed CTF (VCU)

3rd place — ODU Cybersecurity MetaCTF

3rd place — VCU SCMA Data Analytics Competition


Recognition

Featured in Detection Engineering Weekly — Zach Allen’s Detection Engineering Weekly newsletter featured Fog in the sky: logging & visibility issues in the cloud, a look at logging blind spots and visibility gaps that attackers could exploit in cloud environments.