Welcome! My name is Damien! 👋
Hey there, I’m Damien — a Cloud Security & DevSecOps Engineer, LinkedIn Learning Instructor, Open Source Contributor, and Founder of The DevSec Blueprint (DSB). I'm deeply passionate about building secure infrastructure, automating security, and making cloud-native security easier to understand and apply.
I regularly share content on YouTube, write technical blogs, contribute to open source, and mentor folks breaking into security. Whether you're here to learn, collaborate, or get inspired — welcome to my corner of the internet. 🙌🏽
If you want to learn more about me and what I do, check out my website: Damien Burks
- Azure Security for Beginners: IAM, Defender, Sentinel & Career Advice
- Getting Hired in Cybersecurity Was NOT Easy (My 2025 Job Hunt Story)
- Build a Kubernetes Cluster on Raspberry Pi — The Cheap Way
- How to Pass the AWS Certified Developer - Associate
- How to Go from Help Desk to DevSecOps Engineer (Step-by-Step Path)
- Prevention-First Cloud Security: Escaping Alert Fatigue for Good using Turbot
- Test Blog Post
- Backward Compatibility Test
- Pattern Test
- Deprecation Test
- ❗️ Closed issue #78 in devsecblueprint/devsecblueprint
- ❌ Merged PR #79 in devsecblueprint/devsecblueprint
- 💪 Opened PR #79 in devsecblueprint/devsecblueprint
- 🗣 Commented on #78 in devsecblueprint/devsecblueprint
- ❗️ Assigned issue #78 in devsecblueprint/devsecblueprint