Gary McCrorey

Gary McCrorey has been working in the IT industry since 2018. Gary began as a Help Desk Specialist at DKW Communications, Inc. in 2018, and was promoted to Senior Help Desk Specialist in the same year. In 2019, they moved to OBXtek as a Cybersecurity Specialist. Gary currently works as a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer at Next Step Innovation, a position they have held since 2021. Prior to their IT career, they worked as a Mover at The Moving Man from 1997.

Gary McCrorey obtained a Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance from WGU Tennessee. Gary has also obtained numerous certifications, including Certified Incident Handler (ECIH) from EC-Council in September 2020, CompTIA Project+ from CompTIA in August 2020, ECES Certified Encryption Specialist from EC-Council in March 2020, CIW Web Security Professional from Certification Partners (CIW) in October 2019, CIW Site Development Associate from Certification Partners (CIW) in September 2019, ITIL Foundation Level from Axeos in September 2019, HDI Customer Service Representative (CSR) from HDI in January 2019, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) from (ISC)² in August 2022, CompTIA A+ from CompTIA in April 2018, SSCP from (ISC)² in May 2021, CompTIA Cloud+ from CompTIA in June 2021, CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP) from CompTIA in January 2020, CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) from CompTIA in February 2019, CompTIA IT Operations Specialist (CIOS) from CompTIA in June 2018, CompTIA Network+ from CompTIA in June 2018, CompTIA Secure Infrastructure Specialist (CSIS) from CompTIA in June 2018, CompTIA Security Analytics Expert (CSAE) from CompTIA in January 2020, CompTIA Security Analytics Professional (CSAP) from CompTIA in February 2019, CompTIA Security+ from CompTIA in May 2018, and CompTIA Linux+ from CompTIA in October 2018.