Brian J. Gastwirth

Cybersecurity Consultant & Strategic Advisor

I help Fortune 500 clients take on Cybersecurity, AI, and Automation challenges and opportunities. Thoughts on processes, leadership, and technology. Watch this space as I share more.

Insights

Building Cyber Resilience in the Age of AI

Upcoming • Cybersecurity Strategy

As organizations rapidly adopt AI technologies, traditional security frameworks require fundamental rethinking. This piece explores how security leaders can balance innovation with risk management.

The ROI of Security Awareness Programs

Upcoming • Human Risk Management

Moving beyond compliance checkboxes to demonstrate real business value. A framework for measuring the impact of security education initiatives on organizational risk posture.

Practical Cloud Security for Growing Companies

Upcoming • Cloud Architecture

Scaling security practices without scaling headcount. Lessons from implementing cloud security programs across diverse industries and organizational maturity levels.

Featured Projects

Cybersecurity Maturity Acceleration

Developed customized assessment toolkit for a growth-stage healthtech company based on NIST CSF controls, yielding 127 metadata-rich improvement opportunities across 22 security domains to guide the CISO's Security Roadmap through 2026.

Security Education & Awareness Program

Launched refreshed Security Education program for mission-driven fintech by executing Cybersecurity Awareness Month campaign. Analyzed data to send targeted reminders, achieving 90% developer training completion goal.

Product Analytics Operational Hardening

Authored Access Control Policy for major video game studio's 50-person data science team. Restructured chaotic knowledge base with 18 automated templates, reducing reliance on institutional knowledge.

Partner Success Program Optimization

Created refreshed Global Partner Sales Portal with automated, partner-specific training and enablement content for 75+ sales partners at a leading emergency notifications provider.

Asana Implementations

Architected and implemented Asana work management solutions for Energy, Ecommerce, SaaS, Legal, and Manufacturing clients through firm partnership.

Expertise

Security Analytics
IT Program Management
Cybersecurity Maturity Modeling
Security Education & Awareness
Access Control
Cloud Security
SQL
Business Intelligence Tools
Google Apps Script

Publications

Certifications

Education

Vanderbilt University August 2015 - May 2019

Bachelor of Arts in Economics