Brian Godfrey
SOC AnalystBrian Godfrey joined the team at Black Hills Information Security (BHIS) in March 2022 as a SOC Analyst. In this role, Brian is responsible for helping BHIS and clients stay safe in an ever-changing online world. He’s worked a number of roles in the past: student, truck driver, and even airport rescue fire senior officer, airport […]
Dave Hoff
SOC EngineerDave Hoff joined the Black Hills Information Security (BHIS) team in 2020 as a SOC Analyst, responsible for maintaining and running the BHIS SOC, including detection strategies, cluster infrastructure, and data management. Prior to joining the team, Dave worked for a public university as a SIEM administrator. He chose BHIS because of the great wealth […]
James Marrs
SOC Analyst / Sys AdminJames Marrs started his journey with Black Hills Information Security (BHIS) as an intern while working on his B.S. of Computer Science at South Dakota State University. During his time as an intern, James gained experience in systems administration, penetration testing, web development, and automation. He has contributed to multiple versions of Active Defense Harbinger […]
Kaitlyn Wimberley
SOC AnalystKaitlyn Wimberley became an official part of Black Hills Information Security (BHIS) in March 2022, after being a long-time Community Leader on the BHIS Discord server. As a SOC Analyst, Kaitlyn says she does “whatever anyone will let me do to help the good guys win more and the bad guys win less.” She chose BHIS […]
Kiersten Gross
SOC AnalystKiersten Gross joined the Black Hills Information Security (BHIS) team in April 2021 as a SOC Analyst, responsible for monitoring logs and conducting analysis to identify attacks. Previous to joining the team, he worked in inside sales and office management in the hose industry. Kiersten chose BHIS because they are trailblazers in the industry and […]
Michael Getman
SOC AnalystMichael Getman joined Black Hills Information Security (BHIS) in January 2022 as a SOC Analyst, responsible for monitoring and conducting analysis on log data. Previously, he worked as a technician and system administrator in the educational technology sector. Michael chose BHIS because it allows him to explore his interest in infosec and to help others join […]
Noah Heckman
SOC AnalystNoah Heckman joined the Black Hills Information Security (BHIS) team in April 2021 as a SOC Analyst that monitors for alerts in SOC and performs adversarial simulation on SOC customer networks and devices. Prior to BHIS, Noah was primarily a Windows Systems Administrator for about 1,600 endpoint systems in a manufacturing company. Having attended most […]
Philip Woodward
Director of SOC ServicesPhilip Woodward became Director of SOC Services for Black Hills Information Security (BHIS) in December 2021. Previously having managed a product development team at Diligent, he was drawn to BHIS’s reputation in the infosec industry. To him, the best part of the job is getting to collaborate with smart and fun people. Outside of work, Philip […]
Randy LeFever
SOC AnalystRandy LeFever joined the Black Hills Information Security (BHIS) team in 2021 as a SOC Analyst/Developer, working on developing a web-based control panel to help manage the Cyber Range access, integrating it with Paypal, and learning to be a SOC Analyst. Prior to joining the BHIS team, Randy served in the US Navy as a […]