About Dan

I've spent 22+ years in cybersecurity, from U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard cyber operations to building security programs for organizations that can't afford to get it wrong. Today I'm a fractional vCISO and AI governance advisor and the founder of Nexus Security Advisors, serving small and mid-sized businesses, aerospace suppliers and critical infrastructure operators.

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Key Areas of Expertise:

- Fractional vCISO & AI Governance: Security strategy, risk management and compliance programs built on NIST RMF, NIST AI RMF, ISO 27001, ISO/IEC 42001, CMMC, HIPAA and the EU AI Act.

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- Cybersecurity Leadership: Building security programs and leading defense teams that protect critical assets, and translating cyber risk into boardroom decisions.

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- Cybersecurity Engineering: System Security Engineering (SSE) for aerospace projects, RMF processes and secure systems integration.

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- Cyber-Intelligence Officer & Commander: Led strategic planning and budgeting, managed a multi-million-dollar budget and built teams of cyber defenders and threat emulators.

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- Cyber Threat Intelligence: Co-author of Advanced Cyber Threat Intelligence and Hunting and an editor of the Geneva Manual on Cyber Threat Intelligence.

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Education & Research:

- PhD Candidate in Cybersecurity Leadership at Capitol Technology University, researching the return on investment of incident response in aerospace.

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Community & Knowledge Sharing:

- OWASP AI Exchange core team member, helping shape open AI security guidance for the global community.

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- Forbes Technology Council contributor and co-author of The AI Mindset.

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- Speaker and trainer on cybersecurity, threat intelligence and AI governance.

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- Mentor to veterans and newcomers starting careers in cybersecurity.