About Me

Hi, I'm Austin Heath.

I'm a Senior Cloud Security Consultant at CrowdStrike with a background in Incident Response and Digital Forensics. Throughout my career, I've helped investigate and respond to complex security incidents across enterprise environments, with previous experience at both CrowdStrike and Mandiant (Google).

HeathBarSec is where I document my research into cloud security, detection engineering, incident response, and AI for defenders. My focus is on translating real-world attack techniques into practical detections, investigation playbooks, and defensive guidance that security practitioners can apply in production environments.

Current Areas of Interest

• Cloud Detection Engineering (AWS, Azure, and GCP)
• Identity Security and Identity Compromise
• AI-Assisted Detection Engineering
• Security Engineering & Automation
• Incident Response Playbooks
• Threat Hunting

Certifications

• GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+)
• AWS Security
• GCP Professional Security Operations Engineer

Everything published on HeathBarSec is intended to be practical, reproducible, and focused on improving defensive capabilities through hands-on research and experimentation.