Jacob Wilson is a Servant Leader, Security Director, and Speaker with 15 years of enterprise IT experience and 8 years product security experience within Financial Services, Application Security Consulting, Open Source, Automotive, Government, and Internet Service Providers. He has led teams and advised clients on strategic security initiatives including financial forecasting, hiring staff, competency development, and capability management. Jacob has focused on the unique challenges of cloud software, APIs, and embedded product security with previous roles in Software Consulting, Product Development Engineering, Red Team, Threat Intelligence, and Security Controls. These include the software stacks, embedded products, as well as the manufacturing and enterprise systems which support them. He has worked extensively with supply chain security of leading cryptocurrency exchanges and automotive manufactures focused on risk assessment, compliance, and capability maturity models.
Inclusion, stewardship, and empathy are the bedrock behaviors of building world class teams.
Extreme ownership and definition of vision from ideation to iterative optimization aligned to the mission.
Cultivate talent and diversity while democratizing opportunity in STEM and cybersecurity fields.
Humility and authenticity of technical knowledge, covering meaningful issues and ideas.
Master of Business Administration concentration in Information Systems Management
Bachelor of Science in Computer Networking System Administration
Below are a list of honors and awards both given and received from professional societies and associations, including formal publication of papers and patents.
Below are a list of articles and blogs which were written by or quote Jacob.
Title | Organization | Date |
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Synopsys Is The Third OpenChain Global Certifier | OpenChain Project | June 4, 2021 |
NHTSA Shares Best Practices for Improving Automotive Cybersecurity | Synopsys | April 13, 2021 |
Belgian security researcher hacks Tesla with Raspberry Pi | Computer Weekly | November 24, 2020 |
Automotive threat analysis and risk assessment method | Synopsys | November 18, 2020 |
Cyber security assurance levels in the automotive supply chain | Synopsys | November 5, 2020 |
Are you ready for ISO SAE 21434 Cybersecurity of Road Vehicles? | Synopsys | October 12, 2020 |