Nick Essner

About Nick Essner

I\'m a seasoned cybersecurity leader with over 15 years of experience in incident response and cyber crisis management, leading response investigations and remediation to the largest and most complex cyberattacks and data breaches. I\'m very passionate about solving complex cyber security problems, developing new solutions to help my clients defend against emerging threats, and building resilient security capabilities to stop cyber-attacks.At CYGNVS, I’m responsible for accelerating customer value by developing new solutions to help organizations prepare and effectively manage the response to cyber-attacks.

Experience

1. Head of Cyber Solutions

   CYGNVS

   Mar 2023 — Present · Denver, CO, US

   I lead the Incident Response Institute at CYGNVS, developing solutions for our customers to revolutionize how they prepare, respond, and recover from cyber-attacks. With CYGNVS, we are turning around the chaos of a crisis and bring real impact to our customers and the cybersecurity space.

Education

• Fort Lewis College

  Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science Information Systems

  1997 — 2001

• University of Phoenix

  Masters of Science, Computer Information Systems

  2001 — 2003

Skills

• Information Security
• Incident Response
• Ids
• Pci Dss
• Cyber Security
• Apt
• Arcsight
• Threat Intelligence
• Ips
• Security
• Intrusion Detection
• Cissp
• Security Operations
• Vulnerability Management
• Information Security Management
• Penetration Testing
• Siem
• Vulnerability Assessment
• Application Security
• Computer Security