John Asante

About John Asante

Twenty-five plus year record of successfully defending some of the world\'s leading brands and top targeted organizations (BofA, Google, Microsoft, Visa, DoD) against sophisticated threats• Built, led, and scaled world-class cybersecurity teams that protected billions of end users and safeguarded trillions in financial transactions• Investigated and resolved dozens of large scale intrusions around the world and incorporated this experience into practical defensive strategies

Experience

1. Managing Director, Head of Cyber Defense

   Bank of America

   Aug 2023 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Leads the global organization responsible for the 24x7 operational protection of systems, networks, and applications from the full spectrum of cybersecurity threats. The organization also houses the Bank\'s threat intelligence, hunting, defensive research, AI defense, evaluation & prevention, and offensive red team functions.all of which inform and continuously strengthens the firm\'s robust security posture.

Education

• University of Washington

  Bachelors Degree, Geographic Information Science and Cartography

Skills

• Program Management
• Incident Response
• Cloud Computing
• Intrusion Detection
• Seim
• Leadership
• Management
• Computer Security
• Network Security
• Major Incident Management
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Information Security
• Dod
• Information Security Management
• Computer Forensics
• Security Architecture Design
• Risk Assessment
• Cyber Defense
• Cybercrime
• Web Application Firewall
• Security Operations
• IT Strategy