Frederick Langston

About Frederick Langston

With over 30 years providing world class Consulting and Professional Services to build Information Security, Governance, Risk and Compliance programs at Fortune 500 companies as well as SMBs, coupled with over 3 years of Chief Product Officer experience developing, building and operating a 24/7/365 MDR/XDR platform and services, I\'ve experienced the InfoSec/Cybersecurity space from all perspectives – Executive leadership, CISO, product management, service delivery, team leadership and corporate risk management.Through working with over companies and leading security at multiple organizations, I’ve gained deep experience in compliance with security regulations and standards, decades of security systems design, leadership of offensive security testing programs and assessment of networks, systems, applications, APIs, and devices as well as management of information security and compliance programs, incident response teams when the inevitable breach occurs.The entirety of my career has essentially been devoted to this purpose - providing actionable, business-risk focused assessments, business language explanations of security findings, their risks and impacts, how those findings affect business, compliance and legal risk and the options and the associated costs to address those risks.

Experience

1. Principal

   The Stillwater Group Cyber Readiness & Response

   Nov 2025 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Developing another world-class information security consulting team and getting back into delivery, methodology development, business development and making the world a more secure place.

Education

• University of Southern California

  B.S. Geology, High Temperature Geochemistry, Miocene Paleontology

  1977 — 1981

Skills

• Network Security
• Cissp
• Pki
• Information Security
• Data Security
• Security Architecture Design
• Application Security
• Business Continuity
• Pci Dss
• Cloud Security
• Information Security Management
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Vulnerability Assessment
• Computer Security
• Security Operations
• Vulnerability Management
• Virtual Security
• Dlp
• Encryption
• Program Management
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Risk Assessment
• Saas
• Penetration Testing
• Risk Management
• Integration
• Virtualization
• Cloud Computing
• Strategy
• Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (Pci Dss)