Pat Heaney

Pat focuses on developing and improving SOAR playbooks and running Purple Team Essentials engagements from both a blue and red team perspective. He is also a member of CSOC’s Security Engineering and Advanced Response (SEAR) team, where he provides architecture and engineering support and insight, maintains infrastructure and configuration automation, and contributes to research and innovation projects. Pat is CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) certified, an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, and a GIAC Python Coder (GPYC). He has worked with companies across multiple industries, including pharmaceutical, healthcare, business services, and financial services. Prior to joining SRA, Pat played roles in SOCs in the insurance and healthcare industries. He holds a degree in Security & Risk Analysis from The Pennsylvania State University.