About SecurityTalent
Where cybersecurity talent, opportunity and trust connect.
SecurityTalent is a cybersecurity-focused professional network built to help people and organizations establish credibility, share practical knowledge, discover opportunities and form trusted working relationships.
Our mission
Cybersecurity is both a profession and a public trust. Our mission is to strengthen the cybersecurity workforce by connecting qualified professionals, employers, recruiters, security vendors, training providers and community partners in one focused ecosystem.
SecurityTalent brings together professional profiles, careers, community, certification guidance, cybersecurity news, learning resources and a services marketplace. The goal is simple: reduce friction between expertise and opportunity while giving members better ways to demonstrate experience, learn from one another and build durable professional reputations.
Built for every participant in cybersecurity
Professionals
Present skills and credentials, develop a trusted professional identity, learn, contribute and discover career opportunities.
Employers & recruiters
Build an organization presence, connect with focused talent communities and recruit for security-specific roles.
Vendors & training providers
Share responsible expertise, publish verified offerings and reach security-conscious buyers and learners.
Community partners
Support events, professional groups, research, knowledge exchange and initiatives that advance the field.
Founder & security leadership
Experienced leadership across cybersecurity governance, risk and operations
SecurityTalent's founder is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional with extensive cross-industry experience in information security governance, audit and compliance, infrastructure security, risk assessments, security programs and policies, role-based authorization, incident response, computer forensics, digital and cloud security, attack-path analysis, security tooling, smart tokens and biometric authentication.
His leadership background includes service as Vice President of Global Cybersecurity and Compliance for a global financial organization; Associate Partner in IBM's Global Cybersecurity Services practice; Global Security Program Manager for a major U.S. investment firm; Senior Manager at Deloitte & Touche; Senior Manager of Global Security Risk and Compliance for a global technology organization; Director of Network Security in a worldwide delivery office for a global software company; and Chief Information Security Officer for a Fortune 500 organization.
He has mentored more than 8,000 CISSP candidates and security professionals, including professionals serving organizations such as the U.S. National Security Agency, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft and Cisco, as well as organizations across financial services, media, utilities, oil and gas, healthcare and other industries. These references describe the professional communities reached through his career and are not presented as organizational endorsements of SecurityTalent.
Our team's expertise
Our team brings experience with ISO/IEC 27001, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, PCI DSS, SOC 1 and SOC 2, identity and access management, threat management, regulatory compliance, security governance and risk management. Team experience spans financial services, media, utilities, oil and gas, healthcare and technology.
Team members hold graduate degrees in network security, information security and cybersecurity, and have earned professional credentials that include CISSP, CRISC, CISA and QSA, along with NIST and ISO 27001 audit leadership experience.
What trust means here
SecurityTalent does not treat every profile or claim as automatically verified. Members control the visibility of their information, and trust signals may be established through confirmed email, professional credentials, workplace evidence, organization-domain control, business records or enhanced review when appropriate. Verification indicates that defined evidence was reviewed; it is not a guarantee of performance, employment suitability or future conduct.
FOUNDER & METHODOLOGY
Built from experience. Designed for the profession.
SecurityTalent combines long-term cybersecurity practice, education and mentorship with a structured, evidence-led approach to professional identity and career development.
SecurityTalent.com was envisioned and founded in 2008. Its features, standards and methodology have been in continuous development and refinement since then.
FOUNDING PERSPECTIVE
Andrew A., CISSP
Andrew founded SecurityTalent to help cybersecurity professionals represent the depth of their work more clearly than a traditional résumé or keyword list allows.
Andrew brings more than 30 years of information and cybersecurity experience across security strategy, identity and access management, threat management, incident response, digital forensics, risk, compliance and infrastructure protection. He has held the CISSP credential since 2001.
He holds a Master of Science in Network Security, has taught information security at university level, contributed to the development of official CISSP examinations and related methodologies, and taught official ISC2 CISSP CBK seminars worldwide. His work has supported global enterprises, financial institutions, government agencies and military organisations.
That experience informs the platform, but SecurityTalent is not built around one individual. Its value comes from transparent methods, member-controlled information, verified sources and the collective credibility of the cybersecurity community.
SECURITYTALENT
The SecurityTalent methodology
The platform is designed around six principles that apply consistently to profiles, career planning, certification intelligence and verification.
Structure over keywords
Skills are organised by cybersecurity domain, context, experience and recency so capability can be understood—not merely searched.
Evidence over unsupported claims
Credentials, work examples, tools and supporting evidence help members show how a skill was developed and applied.
Direction, not only documentation
Career Pathways turns a current profile into practical next steps toward a role, specialisation or certification goal.
Current knowledge matters
Certification Change Watch and reviewed career intelligence help professionals respond to changing requirements and deadlines.
Human judgement remains essential
Automation can organise and suggest, but trust-sensitive verification and editorial decisions require accountable human review.
Members retain control
Members decide what is public, what remains private and which alerts or opportunities they choose to receive.
Experience that shaped the platform
Security practice
Strategy, governance, identity, threat management, incident response, forensics, infrastructure security, privacy and regulatory compliance.
Education and certification
University-level teaching, professional certification instruction and communication of complex security concepts to varied audiences.
Mentorship at scale
Guidance for more than 8,000 CISSPs and security professionals across career stages, industries and regions.
What the methodology means in practice
For cybersecurity professionals
- A profile organised around real security work
- Private career planning and skills-gap guidance
- Verified certification intelligence and deadlines
- Control over visibility, alerts and participation
For organisations
- More structured signals than keyword matching alone
- Clear separation between self-described and reviewed information
- Security-specific talent context
- Trust processes that are documented and accountable
A long-term project, not a short-term launch
Since 2008, SecurityTalent has evolved around the same central problem: cybersecurity capability is multidimensional, yet traditional career systems flatten it into titles and keywords. The platform continues to develop as the profession, certifications and employer needs change.
Founder-informed, community-centred
Andrew’s experience provides the original perspective and standards. SecurityTalent’s future, however, depends on diverse professionals, organisations, educators and practitioners contributing credible information and using the platform responsibly.
