Darryl Baker

Darryl G. Baker is a Senior Staff Security Researcher at Netwrix and a recognized authority in Identity and Active Directory security. With over a decade of identity systems experience, he has led enterprise security assessments, identity security trainings, and threat emulations focused on Active Directory, Entra ID, and Azure environments. Darryl has delivered highly rated trainings and demos at BlueTeamCon, BSidesCT, The Experts Conference, and Wild Wild West Hackin’ Fest. He’s the architect behind numerous hands on attack emulation labs—leveraging current red team and blue team tools to help defenders master everything from attack path analysis to threat hunting. In his sessions, Darryl blends deep technical insight with real world case studies, empowering blue team professionals to strengthen their identity security posture and defend against evolving adversary techniques.