Tyler Young

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About Tyler Young

Experienced Executive leader with 13 years in Security and Engineering,including 10 years of executive team leadership experience. Possesses diverse industry expertise in SaaS Product Companies, Financial Services, Insurance, Government, Healthcare, Retail, Energy, and more. Views Security as a key business enabler, with a proven track record of aligning security programs with strategic and commercial business objectives. Accomplished in supporting post-merger M&A integration, mitigating audit finding risks, and preparing businesses for successful acquisition. Advises Security startups and is passionate about empowering teams to drive program improvements from the ground up. Leads with a direct, honest, and empathetic style. Actively involved in the security community as a contributor to OWASP CI/CD Security Risk development, a member of Infragard Chicago chapter, and a CSA Chicago chapter member Featured Contributor- “97 things application security professional need to know” Security Programs- Enterprise Security - Product Security - Application Security - Cyber Security - Security Architecture - Identity & Access Management - Incident Response - Insider Threat - DevOps/DevSecOps - Data Privacy - Data Loss Prevention - Security M&A integration - ZeroTrust - Cloud Security - Data Security - AI Security - Secure by Design - Security Engineering - SecOps / Security Operations - Threat Intelligence - Threat Detection Engineering Compliance- ISO 27001/02 - FedRAMP, FIPS 140 - SOC 2 Type 2 - SOX - NYDFS - GDPR, CCPA, HIPPA, PCI - NIST 800-53 - NIST Cyber Security Framework - CSA Technology- On Prem, hybrid, cloud native - SaaS, PaaS, IaaS - AWS, Azure, GCP - Mac OS, Linux, Windows - Container Security, API Security, Detection Engineering, CICD Security - Security Architecture - Threat Intelligence, Threat Modeling - SIEM, SOAR, EDR, CASB, DLP, IAM, SAST, DAST, SCA, IAST Accolades- 2024 Top 50 Information Security Leaders - OnConference OnCon Awards - 2023 Top Security Leaders Under 40 list - CDO Magazine - 2023 Top Security Leaders - CDO Magazine Specialties: CISO | Security Leader | Executive | People Leadership | Cyber Security | Product Security | Strategic Planning | Application Security | Cloud strategy and Architecture | Product Development | Threat intelligence driven security programs | Early stage startup advisor | Vulnerability Management | Technical Merger and Acquisitions | Zero Trust Initiatives | Customer Success | Detection Engineering & Threat Hunting Strategy | CI/CD Security Strategy | Risk Management & Compliance