Ryan Leirvik is the Founder and CEO of Neuvik. With a background in both offensive and defensive cyber operations, he mainly spends his time with teams discovering technical exploits and preparing appropriate information security strategies to defend against them. Ryan has briefed many executive Boards on cyber readiness and is the author of “Understand, Manage, and Measure Cyber Risk”. He previously served as the Chief of Staff and an Associate Director of Cyber for the US Department of Defense at the Pentagon. Ryan holds a master’s degree in IT from Virginia Tech, an MBA from Case Western Reserve University, and a Bachelor of Science from Purdue University.