Zane West is focused on research into the Cybersecurity Services industry, with a history and background in leading Product, engineering, and operations organizations in developing and delivering global Security Services capabilities across multiple industry-leading organizations. Zane is focused on research relating to the current and near-term technological enhancements and developments within the Cybersecurity Services industry. Areas of focus are Managed Detection and Response (MDR), Attack Surface Assessment capabilities, and Incident Response.
Additional areas of interest and focus relate to the adoption of AI, and more specifically, Agentic AI capabilities within the vendor solutions, for Detection and Response, Investigation, and Operational efficiencies across all services.
Zane West served as the CISO for RapidScale (Cox Communications Company) with a significant focus on Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), focused on a practical approach to operationalizing the organization's Critical Cyber Controls to achieve both Risk mitigation and the necessary industry compliance standards required by their clients. Zane built an integrated security operations team leveraging a blend of 3rd parties, internal resources, and shared resources teams from the COX organization.
Zane was responsible for M&A assessment and integration activities, Security Operations for all RapidScale internal and client-hosted infrastructure, Cybersecurity Services Product guidance and recommendations, Governance Risk and Compliance, Digital Forensics, Incident Response, Product Security, and attack surface assessments.
Deepwatch, VP Product and Engineering, 1 years
Cisco Systems, Snr. Director Product Management Security Services, 1 years
NWN Carousel, VP Cybersecurity Sales and Strategy, 1 years
Proficio, VP Products and Engineering, 2 years
Dimension Data/ NTT Data, Snr. Portfolio Manager Security Services, 10 years
Multiple organizations, Multiple Technical and Leadership Roles , 13 years
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MSc. Cyber Security from the University of Liverpool
National Diploma in Data Metrics from the University of South Africa (UNISA) (Associates Degree Equivalent)
Diploma in Software Support from Damelin College