
Former CIA Officer Teaching Others CISO Tradecraft
From CIA spy to CISO, Ross Young has spent two decades pushing the boundaries of cybersecurity. Ross is the co-host of CISO Tradecraft, creator of the OWASP Threat and Safeguard Matrix (TaSM), and a seasoned cybersecurity leader. He has served as CISO in Residence at Team8, CISO of Caterpillar Financial, and an instructor at Johns Hopkins University. Previously, Ross was a divisional CISO at Capital One and has over a decade of cybersecurity experience across CIA, NSA, and the Federal Reserve Board. Ross holds master's and bachelor's degrees from Johns Hopkins University, Idaho State University, and Utah State University. Ross is also designated as a Boardroom Certified Qualified Technology Expert (QTE) and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
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Las Vegas Metropolitan Area
Co-host
CISO Tradecraft®
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Aug 2020 - Present
Faculty
IANS
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Jun 2025 - Present
CISO in Residence
Team8
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Jun 2024 - Jul 2025
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation
• www.linkedin.com/company/caterpillar-financial
Jun 2020 - Jun 2024
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Lecturer
Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering
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Aug 2017 - Aug 2022
Divisional CISO
Capital One
• www.linkedin.com/company/capital-one
Nov 2018 - Jun 2020
Washington D.C. Metro Area
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