Vanessa Amond
Vanessa Amond is a Security Analyst II at Fortra, where she brings more than 15 years of IT experience and five years of dedicated cybersecurity work. Since joining the company in April 2022, she has focused on incident response and threat mitigation, handling a wide range of security events including malware infections and advanced persistent threats. Her expertise includes identifying, containing, and resolving complex security breaches.
Before joining Fortra, Vanessa held cybersecurity and leadership roles at ConnectWise, Best Buy, and Dell. Her background spans hands-on threat detection as well as team leadership, customer support, and strategic resolution management.
Vanessa holds several industry certifications, including A+, Security+, CySA+, CSAP, CC, SSCP, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Security Blue Team Level 1 and 2, and MTA Security Fundamentals. She is a strong advocate for women in cybersecurity.