Kyle Waggoner

About Kyle Waggoner

I am the Chief Information Security Officer for Perdue Farms, leading enterprise cybersecurity and technology risk for a multi‑billion‑dollar, Fortune 500–scale manufacturing, CPG, and food & agriculture company. Over the past six years, I have built and scaled a modern, board‑aligned security program that materially improves resilience, protects complex supply chains, and enables digital transformation across plants, distribution, and corporate environments.I serve as the primary cyber and AI risk advisor to the CEO, Management Committee, Board of Directors, and Audit Committee—translating evolving threats, regulatory expectations, and technology change into clear business decisions, investment roadmaps, and risk trade‑offs. My team spans Identity & Access Management, Security Engineering, Security Architecture, GRC, SOC, OT/ICS Security, Data Protection, and Third‑Party Risk, and has more than doubled NIST CSF maturity across all Functions while unifying IT and OT security under one program.My work focuses on Zero Trust and identity‑centric security, OT/plant cybersecurity, AI security and GenAI governance, and ransomware‑resilient data protection—grounded in measurable outcomes and board‑ready KPIs. In addition to my CISO role, I serve on customer/advisory boards and teach as an adjunct professor, which keeps me close to innovation, peer best practices, and the next generation of cybersecurity talent.Focus areas: Zero Trust, Identity & Access Management (IAM), OT/ICS security, AI & GenAI governance, GRC and enterprise cyber risk, SOC modernization, supply‑chain and third‑party risk, ransomware resilience, board and C‑suite communication.

Experience

1. Customer Advisory Board Member

   CrowdStrike

   Apr 2025 — Present

   Member of CrowdStrike\'s Customer Advisory Board, providing enterprise-CISO input on endpoint security, identity threat detection, and the evolution of the Falcon platform across XDR, cloud security, and next-generation SIEM-Advise on Falcon platform roadmap priorities — endpoint, identity, cloud, and SIEM convergence — from the perspective of a multi-billion-dollar food & agriculture enterprise-Engage with CrowdStrike executives and peer CISOs on emerging threat trends, OT/IT convergence, and the future of the AI-native SOC.

Education

• Salisbury University - Perdue School of Business

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Information Systems

  2001 — 2005

• The Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

  Master of Science - MS, Management Information Systems

  2011 — 2015

Skills

• Networking
• Virtual Private Network (Vpn)
• Firewalls
• Cloud Computing
• Iis
• Information Security Management
• Mysql
• Nessus
• Vpn
• Landesk
• Credant
• Troubleshooting
• Antivirus
• Gcih
• Cissp
• Network Engineering
• Network Security
• Websense
• Network Administration
• Gsec
• Security
• Perl
• Avatier
• Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (Crisc)
• Cloud Security
• Windows 7
• Vmware
• System Administration
• Php
• Computer Security
• Wamp
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Sharepoint
• Vulnerability Assessment
• Active Directory
• Windows Server
• Information Security
• Nmap
• Encryption Software
• Security Audits