Ben Finke
Ben has over 20 years of experience in running and managing enterprise scale security programs. Ben has spent his career in multiple leadership roles in information security, including running a security practice for a managed services provider. In this role, Ben provided security consulting and day-to-day network defensive operations for dozens of organizations, from Fortune 500 companies to Software-as-a-Service providers to US Government organizations. Ben also founded the assessment practice for several national service providers, delivering PCI QSA and other compliance audit services, as well as vulnerability management, network penetration testing, and web application security testing. Ben has also implemented threat management and security testing programs at over a dozen large organizations, developing solutions to provide a safe and resilient enterprise. In 2016, Ben Co-founded OnDefend where he currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer. Ben also is the creator of BlindSpot, a purple team testing automation tool. Ben regularly consults on information security, from developing threat management practices to teaching courses on secure development practices. Ben speaks regularly at public and industry events throughout the southeast and is a co-organizer of the BSides JAX information security conference. Ben has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Florida State University and currently holds CISSP, PCI and other professional certs.
