Aaron Scantlin

Aaron has been a practicing security professional for close to ten years supporting education and research networks. As NERSC's resident "Zeek Geek", Aaron's primary responsibility as a Cybersecurity Engineer sees him ensuring that open science remains as open as possible while still keeping network-based ne'er-do-wells at bay. Of course, research security threats don't stop at anybody's network border; to that end, Aaron can often be found interfacing with other teams throughout NERSC to ensure collaborative science workflows both within and outside the Lab's network maintain a stalwart security posture. Aaron's passion for security doesn't stay at the Lab - he is an active member of SecKC, one of the country's largest monthy information security meetups, and has given talks at a wide range of conferences across the globe. He is also a volunteer at DEFCON, the world's largest (and arguably most famous) annual hacking conference, where he can be found helping facilitate any activity that could benefit from his boistrous, helpful personality.

Education

Bachelor's of Science - Information Technology - University of Missouri - Columbia, United States