
As the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Ava Labs, I am responsible for pragmatic security risk management of a multi-billion dollar cryptocurrency company, where cybersecurity risk exceeds security compliance risk by several orders of magnitude. I have more than 20 years of experience as a security leader, engineer, developer, sysadmin, and entrepreneur, with a Master of Cybersecurity from U.C. Berkeley, plus a gamut of certifications, including a CISSP, CISM and AWS Security. My mission is to drive a company-wide transformation from a security-weak immature startup to a security-mature enterprise, with a multi-year vision and a multi-million dollar budget. I work with the CEO and Board of Directors to determine their acceptable level of cybersecurity risk and the resources required to achieve it. I identify and prioritize security threats, and target scarce resources of time and money to mitigate them. I also leverage my domain expertise in cryptocurrency, information technology, and risk assessment to advise management of both near-, medium-, and long-term strategic threats to the business and prepare detailed response plans. Certifications: https://www.credly.com/users/j-m-porup/badges
avalabs.org
berkeley.edu
gecapital.com
parity.io
csoonline.com
lonelyplanet.com
com.au
New York, New York, United States
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Ava Labs
• www.linkedin.com/company/avalabsofficial
Dec 2021 - Jan 2025
New York, New York, United States
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Parity Technologies
• www.linkedin.com/company/paritytech
Nov 2020 - Nov 2021
Berlin, Germany
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• www.linkedin.com/company/csoonline
Jan 2018 - Jun 2020
Greater New York City Area
Pro Bono Cybersecurity Technologist, Citizen Clinic
Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity
• www.linkedin.com/company/cltcberkeley
May 2019 - Aug 2019
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International Startup Accelerator
Jan 2014 - Dec 2017
Canada
freelance Cybersecurity && National Security Reporter
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Dec 2013 - Dec 2017
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