J. Derek Boyd

J. Derek Boyd is a Principal Cybersecurity Analyst who has over 15 years’ experience in IT operational support and information security risk. Derek’s experience includes 1st to 3rd level support of business infrastructure, endpoints, and applications.

The last 9 years, Derek has focused primarily on cybersecurity operations work supporting network/host security, content/countermeasures, policy controls, and vulnerability/threat management.

Derek’s educational background consists of a BA in English from Texas Tech University, MBA from University of Dallas, and holds ISC2 CISSP certification.

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Erik Lankford

Eric Lankford is a cybersecurity engineer with more than twenty years of experience. His background consists of working with many different verticals including banking/financial, multinational retailer, multinational pharmaceutical, multinational chemical manufacturing, state and local government and higher education. Eric is a CEH, CCSA, CSCS and is currently a member of the MS-ISAC Business Resiliency Working Group.