About the Author

Chad Russell has over 15 years of security experience, managed teams of security engineers and analysts for an internet banking provider, and acted as a security consultant working for companies including SAP, Microsoft, and Oracle. Currently, Chad leads and conducts security risk assessments for customers throughout North America with an emphasis on cloud security, identity governance, network security, social engineering, mobile security, breach assessments, database security, and access management.

Chad also serves as the chief cybersecurity training director for Web of Security. Web of Security consults with IT security managers and chief information security officers to help them assess and address areas of cybersecurity need. The training programs focus on SOC, Blue Team, Red Team and CISO enablement. Training modalities offered by Web Of Security include live/online (at your location), self-paced learning, online labs, and targeted skills assessments. Web of Security is an Authorized Training Center with EC-Council and is an approved cybersecurity training provider for the Department of Homeland Security. You can see some of the training programs Chad has developed at https://webofsecurity.com/risk-management.