Center for Threat-Informed Defense:
Advisory Council

Strategic Guidance to Change the Game on the Adversary

The Advisory Council provides strategic guidance and executive advocacy in support of the Center’s mission. Advisors apply their executive experience to guide the Center as we evolve our strategy, model, and approach to advancing threat-informed defense. Advisors increase the Center’s impact and support the Center’s growth leveraging their connections and influence.

Council Goals

Impact

Focus on visibility, accessibility, and applicability of projects.

Growth

Advise on growth strategy and membership goals.

Model

Evolve the business model and shape new programs.

Focus

Recommend and Evaluate new Focus areas.

Advisors

Advisors are senior level executives from the Center’s Founding Participant organizations and Research Partner organizations.

Carl Wright

Carl Wright

Chief Commercial Officer
AttackIQ
Founding Research Partner

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Alexis Lavi

Head of Architecture and Innovation (Global Information Security)
Bank of America
Founding Research Partner

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Garrettson Blight

Director of National Cyber Solutions
Booz Allen Hamilton
Founding Research Sponsor

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Elvis Veliz

Global Head of Cloud Security Operations
Citi
Founding Research Partner

Elia Zaitsev

Elia Zaitsev

Global CTO
CrowdStrike
Research Partner

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Michael Daniel

President and Chief Executive Officer
Cyber Threat Alliance
Founding Non-Profit

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Derek Manky

Chief Security Strategist & VP Global Threat Intelligence/ Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs
Fortinet
Research Partner

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Syoichi Kanzaki

President
Fujitsu System Integration Laboratories
Founding Research Sponsor

TJ Bean

TJ Bean

Director of CyberSecurity
HCA Healthcare
Founding Research Partner

Sridhar Muppidi

Sridhar Muppidi

IBM Fellow, VP & CTO
IBM Security
Research Partner

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Shahan Sudusinghe

Global Head of Cybersecurity Monitoring and Response
JPMorgan Chase Bank
Founding Research Partner

Karthik Selvaraj

Karthik Selvaraj

Partner Director Security Researcher
Microsoft
Founding Research Sponsor

Otto Martin

Dr. Martin Otto

Head of Cybersecurity Research Group
Siemens AG
Founding Research Sponsor

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Alex Pinto

Security Research Lead
Verizon Business
Research Partner