Joshua Danielson is the Founder and CEO of Kustos, a leading cybersecurity consulting firm. He brings almost two decades of experience in securing classified national defense assets, as well as protecting some of the world’s largest financial and e-commerce platforms. Before starting Kustos, Josh was the Head of Enterprise Security at Shopify and prior to that he was the Chief Information Security Officer at Copart (S&P500) a global digital auto-auction platform.
Expertise
- Security Program Advisory
- Risk Assessments
- Vendor Management
- Software Assurance
- Red Teaming
Achievements & Contributions
- Pioneered cutting-edge security tooling such as process-level allow listing across to address supply chain risks, as well as implemented Large Language Models (LLMs) to streamline third party assessments
- Built SecOps team able to respond to an average of ~180 incidents per month, with an average resolution time under an hour
- Implemented program to reduce AppSec vulnerabilities by 40% through CI/CD and Semgrep integrations
Certifications & Credentials
- CISSP-ISSAP, CISM, CCSP, CCNA, CCNA: Security, CEH, ITIL Foundations v2
Hobbies & Fun Facts
Joshua is a marathon runner and loves to enjoy a good slice of pizza.