John D. Johnson

Dr. Johnson has held leadership roles in cybersecurity in government, consulting and industry since 1996. John has served as Enterprise Architect, CEO/founder, CTO and CISO for small companies to very large global enterprises. He is currently serving as CEO of Aligned Security where he provides vCISO advisory services. John serves on several industry advisory boards, is Chair of the IEEE Cybersecurity STC and is Founder/President of Docent Institute, a non-profit educational charity focused on cybersecurity outreach for students, professionals and the public. John has developed and taught numerous graduate cybersecurity courses since 2003 and has spoken at large conferences including Black Hat USA and RSA Conference and founded CornCon in 2015. His experience includes enterprise cybersecurity, risk management, blockchain, IoT and ICS. John's Ph.D. is in nuclear physics and he postdoctoral fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory before moving into a career in cybersecurity.