Welcome, and thanks for stopping by.
I’m Kevin McLaughlin. I’ve spent decades working in federal law enforcement, corporate IT, and cybersecurity, and I hold a PhD in Information Assurance. These days I run Northspur Cybersecurity, a cybersecurity consulting business. I care about every corner of this field, but the part I’m most passionate about is the people side of it: culture, keeping good talent, and leadership.
That’s mostly what you’ll find here. I write about leading security teams, holding on to good people, security operations, and handling risk in a practical way. There’s also a running series of short Cybersecurity Leadership videos.
I’ve written two books, both published by CRC Press: Cybersecurity Operations and Fusion Centers and Securing Talent: Building and Retaining High-Performance Cybersecurity Teams. You can read about both on my Books page.
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About mclaukl
Professional Certifications - Certified CISO, CISM, CISSP, PMP, ITIL Master Certified, GIAC Security Leadership Certificate (GSLC), CRISC. Kevin also holds Certificates in the Advanced Principles of Information Security and in Advanced Information Security Research Methods from Jones International University.
Kevin L. McLaughlin began his career as a Special Agent for the Department of Army. He was responsible for investigating Felony crimes around the globe. He has had many careers over the years, including being a Police Officer in Kissimmee Florida, an Investigator for Mastercard/Visa, a Middle School teacher, a Director at Kennedy Space Center (where he worked with Fred Hayes, James Lovell, Armstrong, Sheppard, etc.), the President of his own company, an IT Manager and Senior Information Security manager with the Procter & Gamble (P&G) company (fortune 35), a CISO at the University of Cincinnati and a Senior Information System Security Manager for the Whirlpool Corporation (fortune 125). Kevin has also been an adjunct since 1992. While at P&G Kevin created one of P&G’s augmentation outsourcing teams in India. Kevin designed and implemented this India team and it won a global Gold Service award from Atos-Origin and has acted as a model for countless corporate relationships since. Over the years Kevin has: created an Information Security program conducted Information Security Strategic planning designed Information Security solutions, investigated over 700 Cyber cases and operated a Global Security Operations Center.
• Education - MS in Computer Science Education, BS in Management of Information Systems
* PhD in Cyber Security, University of Fairfax
