A.J. Nash is a strategist and public speaker focused on building cyber intelligence programs for enterprise-wide, intelligence-driven security. A.J. honed his skills over 18 years in the United States Intelligence Community in roles focused on collection, analysis, reporting and briefing. His work informed military and government leaders, the Secretary of State, Congress, and the White House. A.J. holds a B.S. in Liberal Studies from Excelsior College and has both a Graduate Certificate in Servant Leadership and an M.A. in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University.
Increased Focus on Configuration Management and Crown Jewels is Vital to Success Many experts in cybersecurity talk about the need for “intelligence-driven security,” but most consumers don’t know what to do with the Intelligence they are paying … Read more
Security leaders often mention that their primary goal is to get ahead of threats instead of responding after something terrible has been discovered. Yet, despite that consistent target to move from a reactive to a … Read more
In the last 40 years, the industrialized world has become reliant on interconnected technologies, with nearly all communication now accomplished through email, cellular phones, and various messaging systems. Additionally, nearly all records — from the … Read more
As ransomware continues to grab most of the headlines in cybersecurity, it’s easy to lose track of the much larger threat of Business Email Compromise (BEC). According to the FBI’s 2020 Internet Crime Report, the … Read more
Whether it be texts that include personal content not meant for public consumption, emails, hard drives, cloud storage containing sensitive business information, or the endless supply of finance transaction data that most of us pass … Read more
In response to growing threats in cyberspace, private sector organizations began creating Intelligence programs nearly a decade ago, usually referred to as Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI). In theory, the private sector was attempting to replicate … Read more
Perhaps the most difficult part of the transition from public to private sector for cyber professionals coming out of the US intelligence community (IC) is one of language. Conversations regularly take place in industry settings … Read more
