Dr. John D. Johnson is CEO and Founder Aligned Security. He  is also Founder/President & CISO of non-profit, Docent Institute, a 501(c)(3) Iowa educational institution that focuses research/education at the intersection of society with cybersecurity and emerging technologies. Docent organizes CornCon Cybersecurity Conference, K12 STEM Camps, development and networking events for industry professionals.

John is a founding board member of the Security Advisor Alliance(501c.3), a member of SC Media Editorial Board, a board member for Cyber Education Foundation, and serves on CISO advisory boards for innovative companies. John was most recently Senior Manager for Information Security and Risk Management at Campbell Soup Company. He was previously Cyber Risk Advisory Senior Manager at Deloitte. John was also CTO of Revolutionary Integration Group, an innovative AI/IoT startup. His current areas of research are: IoT, IIoT, Machine Learning, Blockchain Applications, Risk Management, Metrics and Security Leadership.

John spent 18  years as security architect for John Deere, where he managed security infrastructure and developed strategy and secure architecture solutions for protecting a global corporate network, endpoints, industrial systems and the supply chain. His experience spans the public and private sectors, as well as industry verticals: technology, manufacturing, finance, energy, healthcare, education. John was previously network security manager for the Theoretical Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and an experimental nuclear physicist developing radiation systems for nuclear remediation and non-proliferation.

John has developed and taught numerous graduate cybersecurity courses and helped develop the CISO executive certificate program with University of Chicago, Booth School of Management. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and serves as program committee member for RSA Conference and co-organizes the DEFCON kids’ hacker camp, R00tz. John is co-founder and organizer of CornCon, an annual Midwestern cybersecurity conference and kids hacker camp. Over his career, he has served in leadership roles in technical and professional societies, including IEEE, InfraGard and (ISC)2. John has maintained CISSP and CRISC certifications, and has received various awards in recognition of his contribution to the profession. He was runner up for 2014 Chicago CISO of the Year, he is also an IEEE Senior Member (SMIEEE), Charter Member of FAIR Institute and Distinguished Fellow of Ponemon Institute.

John enjoys promoting STEM and cybersecurity with kids and the public, blogging, podcasting, photography, travel, astronomy and lives in Iowa near his awesome grandkids.

TESTIMONIALS

“I had the opportunity to work with John on a number of network security related projects. I was very impressed by his deep technical expertise and great project management skills. John played a key role in understanding the business requirements and helped develop the right security solutions. I highly recommend John for the any strategic IT security solution engagement.” – Tauseef Ahmed, Manager Product Data and Application, John Deere

“Dr. John Johnson is a terrific professional, an educator, and a tireless volunteer. I’ve known him for several years through the IEEE and I’ve been very impressed with his knowledge, his affability, and his acumen. I served on the Executive Board of the Iowa-Illinois IEEE section with John and he’s just a great guy to work with.” – John Dooley, William and Marilyn Ingersoll Professor of Computer Science at Knox College

“I had the pleasure of working with John at John Deere while I was at Foundstone. John is an extremely warm and friendly person with remarkable honesty, integrity and knowledge of security. It has been a pleasure to work with John in the past and I envy any role that works closely with John in the future.” – Stuart McClure, CEO/President and Founder, Cylance, Inc.

“John Johnson is a consummate professional and a highly respected and trusted information risk management colleague. John combines a deep strategic and architectural understanding of information security with the rare ability to educate, teach and communicate with people of every level in terms they can readily understand. John’s work ethic and willingness to give back to the information security community is commendable, and he has been and continues to be a recognized thought leader in the field. I have the utmost respect for John and personally value and appreciate all of his contributions.” – Dennis Devlin, CISO, BlueAlly