Jonathan Garella is a Senior Penetration Tester at Schellman, specializing in identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities across diverse customer environments. His expertise extends to assessing websites, conducting social engineering campaigns, and maintaining persistence in macOS, Windows, and Linux systems while evading anti-virus detection.
Before joining Schellman in 2021, Jonathan served as a Security Engineer, focusing on incident response and remediation management in Managed Service Provider (MSP) environments. In this role, he led regular team training sessions on attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures, aiming to reduce the time between detection and containment during security incidents. Additionally, Jonathan contributed to threat modeling, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) implementation and optimization, and the deployment and configuration of Endpoint protection solutions.
Penetration Testing | Red Team Assessments
By:
Jonathan Garella
October 18th, 2024
Thinking Inside the Box Traditional red teaming approaches often focus on external threats—simulating how an outside attacker might breach a company’s defenses. This method is undeniably valuable, offering insights into how well an organization can withstand external cyberattacks. However, this "outside-in" perspective can sometimes overlook another aspect of security: the risks that arise from within the organization itself. While traditional red teaming is crucial for understanding external threats, thinking inside the box—examining internal processes, workflows, and implicit trusts—can reveal vulnerabilities that are just as dangerous, if not more so to an organization.