Nick Hunt
IANS Faculty
Nick has over 24 years in the security industry as a consultant and IT Security Officer. Nick is Founder and Chief Identity Officer of HATSec LLC, an Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions provider. In his role as founder and Chief Identity Officer, Nick helps customers evaluate, architect, and implement many leading IAM technologies along with providing executive strategic guidance on IAM and Security Program development. Nick specializes in large enterprise security implementations, Identity and Access Management (IAM), security program development, and application hosting implementations working for numerous public and private organizations.
Expertise
- Identity and Access Management
- Identity Governance, Access Management
- Directory Services
- API Security
Achievements & Contributions
- Helped many large enterprise and federal agencies integrate and implement Best of Breed IAM technologies to service B2B, B2E, and B2C populations
- Implemented Identity and Access Management technologies to support very large user populations (10 million +)
- Developed Best Practices for implementing and securing IAM technologies and services in cloud environments using DevOps / DevSecOps practices
- Built global Security Operations Center (SOC) to support compliance initiatives for larger enterprise customers
- Developed
Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) common control framework to
help customer map enterprise compliance controls to security
initiatives and requirements
- Nick speaks at many industry conferences on Identity and Access Management best practices
- Nick regularly publishes guidance on the Chief Identity Officer blog at https://fromthecido.com
Certifications & Credentials
- Masters of Science in Information Assurance
- CISSP, CCSP
- PCI QSA (former)
- Various Oracle, Microsoft, and other vendor specific product certifications
Hobbies & Fun Facts
Nick enjoys fitness and strength training in his free time and has competed in various strength competitions.