About ME

 No more FUD!  Removing Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt!


Mr. Eric Hilden, is a trusted Cyber Security Adviser whose process is highly focused on aligning business goals, people, processes, budget, and technology, to create the best solution in risk management and cyber security defense. 


Eric is a specialist in information security, risk management,  and regulatory compliance. He is a technologist and generalist, with expertise and vision across a wide spectrum of technologies and problem solving. His primary areas of expertise are information security program development, operations and compliance,  gap and risk assessments, vulnerability and penetration testing, engineering and design architecture. Additionally, he brings an expert focus to information security by leading and overseeing the implementation of security solutions for enterprise networks. 


Eric has over twenty years of consulting and operational experience; from creating a datacenter,  shooting Wi-Fi across two states, tower climber, designing and engineering his own firewalls, to supporting and starting with one the biggest successful MSSP startup ventures in America, and eventually directing his own practice and creating his own 24/7 threat monitoring program. 


Other keynotes include leading the winning Blue defense team, BSides CyberRaid 0 (hosted by the FBI Infragard) and assisting other teams as a key expert in network engineering and policy design. Eric's team was able to thwart the adversaries red team and put his team in the winning spotlight.   


Eric now resides in a leading Cyber Security Frim and specializes in sales,  consulting, and managing a practice; he continues to learn, educate,  and lead, to make meaningful impacts in the security industry. 

Certifications

Education & Memberships

Certifications

  • ISC2 CISSP
  • ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
  • PCI SSC QSA
  • Checkpoint CCSE+
  • Checkpoint CCMSE+VSX 
  • Crossbeam XOS+VSX
  • Juniper JNCIA-SSL
  • RSA enVision
  • LogRhythm 
  • Palo Alto PSE   

Work History

Education & Memberships

Certifications

CyberGuard Compliance 

2022 - Current

  • Practice Lead 
  • Senior Manager 
  • Senior Consultant


NTT Security (Solutionary) 

2015 - 2022

  • Senior Sales Specialist 
  • Senior Solutions Architect
  • Senior Security Consultant


Hewlett Packard Enterprise

2013 - 2015 

  • Team Lead - Firewall Engineer    


Alexander Open Systems (CovergeOne)

 2011 - 2013 

  • Practice Lead
  • Solutions Architect
  • Penetration Tester
  • Senior Consultant   


Fishnet Security  (Optiv)

2007 - 2011

  • Senior Security Analyst
  • Security Engineer 


Computers & Telecom, KC NAP   

2004 - 2006 

  • Systems Engineer   

Education & Memberships

Education & Memberships

Education & Memberships

 (ISC)² Kansas City Chapter 

 2013 - 2015 Founding member 


SecKC 

 2013 - 2015 Founding member    


Hacking-Lab.com  OWASP Top 10 

2011 - 2012 


Cyber-Raid 0 - Cyberwar

2010  


Bsides

2010


CTU  Criminal Justice - Cybercrime 

 2007 - 2009


Blue River Community College 

2001 - 2005   

General Studies, Novell, Linux


 Vocational School  

2001 - 2002

Electronics Repair, CISCO Networking Academy, Net+,  A+, 


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