Profile of John B. Dickson

CISSP, Principal, Denim Group

Member Since: 4/15/2014
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John Dickson is an internationally recognized security leader, entrepreneur, and Principal at Denim Group Ltd. He has nearly 20 years of hands-on experience in intrusion detection, network security, and application security in the commercial, public, and military sectors. As a Denim Group Principal, he helps executives and chief security officers of Fortune 500 companies and government organizations launch and expand their critical application security initiatives. His leadership has been instrumental in Denim Group being honored by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing companies in the industry for five years in a row. A former US Air Force officer, Dickson served in the Air Force Information Warfare Center (AFIWC) and was a member of the Air Force Computer Emergency Response Team (AFCERT). Since his transition to the commercial arena, he has played significant client-facing roles with companies such as Trident Data Systems, KPMG, and SecureLogix.

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How Company Cultures Dictated Work-from-Home Readiness

4/14/2020
Companies large and small are discovering just how prepared they were for all employees to work remotely
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Bridging the Gap Between Security & DevOps

9/26/2019
An inside look into the engineering mindset of DevOps from the vantage of a career security professional.
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Black Hat: A Summer Break from the Mundane and Controllable

8/2/2019
Enjoy the respite from the security tasks that await you back at home. Then prepare yourself for the uphill battles to come. Here's how.
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DevOps Demystified: A Primer for Security Practitioners

9/10/2018
Key starting points for those still struggling to understand the concept.
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The Business of Security: How your Organization Is Changing beneath You

3/30/2017
And why it’s your job to change with it and ‘skate where the puck is headed.’
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Beyond Back Doors: Recalibrating The Encryption Policy Debate

3/17/2016
Three compelling reasons why access to back doors should not be the intelligence and law enforcement community’s main policy thrust in the fight against terrorism.
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We Need A New Word For Cyber

11/23/2015
It’s time to find an alternative for 'cyber' (an adjective or noun) before the term – like 'google' -- becomes a verb.
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6 Ways The Sony Hack Changes Everything

3/11/2015
Security in a post-Sony world means that a company's very survival in the wake of a cyber attack is more of a concern than ever before.
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Security News No One Saw Coming In 2014

12/22/2014
John Dickson shares his list (and checks it twice) of five of the most surprising security headlines of the year.
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What Scares Me About Healthcare & Electric Power Security

10/28/2014
Both industries share many of the same issues as enterprises. But they also have a risk profile that makes them singularly unprepared for sophisticated threats
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Hacker Or Military? Best Of Both In Cyber Security

8/21/2014
How radically different approaches play out across the security industry.
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