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VP, Information Security Engineering @ TierPoint

Dustin
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Cybersecurity Engineer & Architect  /  Security Leader  /  Open Source Builder

Seasoned cybersecurity engineer and architect leading security engineering at TierPoint. Building tools, breaking threats, and architecting defense-in-depth strategies for cloud infrastructure. Founder of Cyber Threat DB — open threat intelligence for the community.

12+ Years in Security
23k+ Engineering Hours
500+ Network Connections
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Expertise

Security Architecture
Designing defense-in-depth strategies for cloud infrastructure. WAF, ADC, DDoS scrubbing centers, and zero-trust network architecture at enterprise scale.
WAF Zero Trust Cloud DDoS
SIEM / SOAR
Building and operating custom security monitoring platforms, automation pipelines, and orchestration tooling that reduce mean time to detect and respond.
SIEM SOAR Alerting Automation
Threat Intelligence
Collecting, curating, and distributing accurate cyber threat data at scale. Founder of Cyber Threat DB — open-source feeds for the entire security community.
Threat Intel Open Source Feeds
Security Engineering
Hands-on development of internal security tools — asset management, IP intelligence, LDAP-authenticated dashboards. Still contributing code daily.
PHP Python MySQL REST APIs
AI & Machine Learning
Deep hands-on experience leading AI-powered security programs, with a strong focus on machine learning.
Agentic AI ML Automation Workflows
Team Leadership
Building and mentoring tactical teams of developers and engineers. Strategic thinker and tactical executor — equally effective in a boardroom or a war room.
Mentoring Strategy Leadership
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Career

Current
VP, Information Security Engineering
TierPoint — Cloud & Data Center Services

Leading a tactical team of developers and engineers focused on SIEM, SOAR, custom security tools, and automations across TierPoint's enterprise infrastructure. Hands-on contributor to codebases daily.

Prior Role
Sr. Director, Information Security Architecture
TierPoint

Drove architectural direction for security across cloud and managed hosting environments. Implemented advanced WAF and ADC infrastructure inside DDoS scrubbing centers.

Prior Role
Sr. Security Consultant, GSS / ETS / BOS-SEC
Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Provided enterprise security advisory and architecture services to AWS customers, with focus on cloud security posture, identity, and threat management.

Founding
Founder
Cyber Threat DB — Non-Profit / Open Source

Built and operates a platform that collects accurate cyber threat data from the internet and shares it freely with the security community. Curated threat intelligence feeds, open-source and free.

Early Career
Support Manager
FireHost Inc. — Dallas, TX

Security-focused managed hosting, providing leadership in technical support and security operations for PCI-compliant hosting environments.

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Projects

Non-Profit / Open Source
Cyber Threat DB

Collects accurate cyber threat data from the internet and shares it with the world. Curated threat intelligence feeds for the security community — free and open.

Threat Intel Open Source Feeds
Commercial Offering
Adapt MDR

I lead the develpoment of a commercial security platform called Adapt MDR. This platform protects customers with EDR, SOAR, AI, and ML capabilities. Ref: Adapt Platform

SIEM AI ML SOAR IR Big Data
Internal Tool
Security Asset Manager

Asset management and project tracking for security initiatives. 8,000+ records with PHP LDAP authentication, admin and user interfaces, full audit trail.

MySQL PHP LDAP Bootstrap 4
Security Monitoring Script
ASN TOR Monitor

Monitors ASN space for TOR node activity in real time. Generates alerts when nodes are discovered inside monitored address space — lightweight, fast, reliable.

Python ASN Alerting
Infrastructure Automation
Nginx + ModSecurity Deployer

BASH scripts that automatically deploy Nginx installations with ModSecurity support. Rapid, repeatable WAF deployments across bare-metal and cloud hosts.

Bash Nginx ModSecurity
Data Pipeline
NIST NVD CVE Parser

Parses NIST NVD CVEs, processes and exports to CSV, creates a PostgreSQL database, imports all data, and provides full query capabilities for vulnerability research.

Python PostgreSQL NVD
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Dustin has a very rare set of skills that you seldom see. He is a security thought leader with high technical acumen — a phenomenal people leader, mentor, communicator, and security engineer. He can be both a strategic thinker and a tactician.

— Colleague Recommendation, LinkedIn
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Contact

Let's connect
and build.

Whether you're exploring threat intel partnerships, security architecture advisory, or just want to connect with someone who's been doing this a long time — reach out.

dustin@larmeir.com →