Ken Dunham Email & Phone Number

Nampa, Id, Us

Foster City, Ca, Us

Moving to the left of boom leading tactical, strategic, and operational CTI outcomes driven by TTPs of prioritized threats and purple team operations. Global media support, threat response support, actor attribution, and threat and risk modeling.

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, Gb

Co-authored with James Johnson, Joe McComb, and Jason Elrod.By CISOs for CISOs - a new storytelling book of experience on the job, with what works and what doesn't work - pitfalls to watch out for and insights to champion to help you be successful as a cyber CISO. We brought in additional CISOs to give us their perspective on anonymous stories we share in the book, to help us all learn and glean in our community. Private fireside chats are shared too, with video recordings in a private web community for book owners that are approved CISO/CIO leaders. You're not just buying a book you are joining a community where we've got your back and you've got ours. By CISOs, for CISOs, hitting the mark of digital transformation, counter-threats, fighting nation state, maturing operations, and striving for excellence in leadership. This is the most unique layout and book of its kind to date - we can't wait to share it with you in the summer of 2024!

Consultation, largely focused upon incident response support and advisory consultation, helping clients move from reactive to proactive. Activities are ongoing but vary quarterly.

Founder & Current President, Boise ISSAFounder of the 19th Annual Boise ISSA Information Security Regional ConferenceElected 2018-2020 ISSA INTL DirectorFounder & Current President, Cloud Security Alliance, Boise Founder Idaho Infragard (FBI)Former Officer and Conference Planner, HTCIAGuest Speaker and Strategic Cyber Degree Consultation - Multiple Universities

Technical Risk Assessments to reduce risk prior to onboarding of Cloud Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Established initial operations, KPIs, and metrics for sub-team operations performing Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) and browser extensions risk assessments for software risk management. Lifecycle of assessments includes meeting with various stakeholders to identify risks, creation of architectural diagram, processing a framework driven set of relevant controls within scope for security context to evidence collection, and final reporting with recommendations towards remediation to reduce risk.

Maryland Heights, Missouri, Us

Cybersecurity consultant with F500 executives and practice managers. Apply thought leadership for Risk Management practice tools, tactics, and procedures applied to consultation business outcomes to lower risk for clients. Provide strategic input and direction to improve cybersecurity programs, architectures, and technology integrations.

Denver, Colorado, Us

Global technical leader of cyber operations and services. Innovator, implementor, and manager of the Optiv ThreatDNA (TM) intelligence platform and ThreatBEAT (SM) service (PaaS) and manager of the ThreatDNA team.INFORMATION SECURITY: Direct innovation and development of an integrated differentiated intelligence platform; serve as community expert through blog presence; contribute to implementation of pilot programs focused on automation analysis of hostile codes; leverage data analytics, automation, and data science to ensure sustainability of technical solutions; and analyze and mitigate emerging threats and risks affecting clients across industries. TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION: Align IT solutions with business objectives; guide integration of new architecture and infrastructure for big data operations program; and redesign customer portal and manage similar projects. STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP: Guide vision and strategic planning; develop processes; coach and mentor cross-functional teams; negotiate and manage partnerships with Fortune 500 organizations; create training curriculum, materials, and roadmap for apprenticeship program; and represent organization as thought leader at international conferences and industry trade shows.

RISK RESPONSE: Managed response for counterintelligence and innovated Darknet operations; led investigations on high-profile data breaches, such as POS fraud in the retail sector in 2015; and maintained membership in International High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA) to improve strategic leadership for organization. SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT: Contributed to startup of organization as consultant before being hired full-time to lead development of best-in-class Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) solutions for emerging market and designed automated and scalable drive-by capture tool. COLLABORATION: Partnered with local and federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies; maintained relationships with global clientele from the private and public sectors; and guided team and clients through M&A process. TRAINING & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: Established iSIGHT Partners University and apprenticeship program to optimize talent pipeline, including strategic consultation for White Wolf training.

MALICIOUS CODE DETECTION & PREVENTION: Oversaw malicious code intelligence operations for Fortune 500 and government clients; identified new malicious code and related attacks; prepared comprehensive responses and mitigation strategies; and partnered with antivirus solutions firms on distribution of codes.RISK MITIGATION: Communicated with senior-level federal government officials and geopolitical experts on emerging threats; identified changes to the security landscape and techniques for mitigating related vulnerability risks; and participated in blue and red team government exercises. PUBLIC RELATIONS: Reported directly to CEO on driving hyper-growth strategies and building brand positioning as a global leader in the cyber-intelligence space; served as media relations spokesperson to lead public awareness initiatives; introduced responsible disclosure process now used widely by major organizations; served as VeriSIGN CERT FIRST Representative to Law Enforcement and Artifact Analysis Special Interest Groups; and acted as keynote speaker for conferences, including Gartner, to position company as a leader in the field.

Additional experience in the field includes:Senior Engineer & Researcher with multiple technology startupsSenior Online Learning Specialist & Trainer for DirecTV (introduced automated and virtual learning options)Courseware Manager with Reflectone Training Systems & British Air (in partnership with US Air Force)Antivirus Expert at About.com (including creating and launching most popular antivirus solution and educational website in the field)Middle School Teacher (Computer Science, Integrated Sciences, & Math)