WEI CyberSecurity GTM Leader Todd Humphreys was recently featured in The CIO World’s magazine issue, The Most Trusted Cybersecurity Leaders To Follow, 2024. Todd, who joined WEI in 2023, details his career journey within cybersecurity, WEI’s unique approach to developing next-gen cybersecurity solutions, and why the WEI culture was a major factor in joining the award-winning IT solutions provider. Below is a brief excerpt from the feature article.
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Todd Humphreys: Keeping Pace With Cybersecurity’s Evolution And Focusing On What’s Next
In the dynamic cybersecurity industry, even the most seasoned experts agree that maintaining fluency in the latest products and solutions is a boundless task. The industry demands constant adaptability and a keen aptitude for new technologies to keep up with daily changes in cyber threats and best practices. Trending buzzwords and unproven solutions consistently flood the market, leaving enterprise IT leaders to wade through costly and potentially inadequate solutions. This is where WEI steps in.
The story of Todd Humphreys, WEI’s CyberSecurity Go-To-Market (GTM) Leader, demonstrates how a commitment to learning and adaptation can make a cybersecurity career profoundly rewarding in helping enterprise customers gain traction in cybersecurity. Starting in the network diagnostics field three decades ago, Todd’s career has evolved as much as the industry he calls home, leading him to his current role at WEI.
IT leaders recognize that cybersecurity is a never-ending battle where complex threat actors emerge globally every day. For many organizations, the latest unpatched vulnerability, a single click on a phishing email, or the stealthy attacks launched by a nation-state adversary are the common triggers for IT nightmares. A single cyber incident can result in lost revenue, decreased product/service delivery, and irreparable brand reputation damage.
Knowing this, WEI has developed a modern approach to cybersecurity that is designed to help customers effectively navigate and fortify themselves against evolving threats using the latest technology that is tightly integrated and designed to scale using automation, machine learning (ML), and advanced artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.
For Todd, his longevity in the cybersecurity industry is built on a genuine desire to help businesses better protect themselves against modern cyber threat actors. Joining the WEI team in Fall 2023, Todd has articulated a clear message to enterprise IT leaders – focus on detection and prevention first. Borrowing from a US Military concept, known as “Left of Bang”, this cybersecurity mindset and strategy emphasizes a proactive approach to detecting and mitigating threats before they cause harm.
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