Drew Schmitt

Practice Lead, GRIT,
GuidePoint Security

Drew Schmitt is the Practice Lead for the GuidePoint Research and Intelligence Team (GRIT), where he engages in malware reverse engineering, threat intelligence development, and incident response investigations on behalf of the firm’s clients. His career background includes cybersecurity operations for several clients over various verticals.

Drew joined the GuidePoint team from Palo Alto Networks/The Crypsis Group where he was a Senior DFIR Consultant and a member of the Threat Intelligence team and specialized in malware analysis, threat hunting, and DFIR investigations. Prior to that, Drew spent time working as an incident responder, SOC analyst, and IT administrator across several industries including healthcare and manufacturing.

In addition to various roles in the security community Drew has experience as an adjunct professor teaching cybersecurity courses at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, MN, acting as a mentor for the Metro State CCDC team, and has created an PowerShell based open source incident response framework called Power-Response.

Drew holds a Master of Science degree in Security Technologies from the University of Minnesota, a Graduate Certificate in Incident Response from the SANS Technology Institute, and has obtained a several GIAC certifications.