Ric Daza
Ricardo "Ric" Daza, PhD, is a cybersecurity mentor with the Tampa Bay Wave Accelerator, a committee member with West Florida ISACA, and a recipient of two NSA fellowships. He is also an adjunct cybersecurity professor and frequent speaker at regional and international conferences with a doctorate in Information Assurance and holds double CCIEČ (R&S, Security), CISSP, CRISC, CISA, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, PMP, and RHCE certifications. Dr. Daza builds networks and develops cybersecurity solutions...See more
Ricardo "Ric" Daza, PhD, is a cybersecurity mentor with the Tampa Bay Wave Accelerator, a committee member with West Florida ISACA, and a recipient of two NSA fellowships. He is also an adjunct cybersecurity professor and frequent speaker at regional and international conferences with a doctorate in Information Assurance and holds double CCIEČ (R&S, Security), CISSP, CRISC, CISA, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, PMP, and RHCE certifications. Dr. Daza builds networks and develops cybersecurity solutions for foreign and domestic government agencies, as well as Fortune 500 companies in the financial, technology, defense, healthcare, and manufacturing sectors. He contributes to the cyber defense of organizations across the Americas. He specializes in an evidence-based approach to tackling process and technology challenges, including networking, risk management, security analysis, incident response, risk communication, vulnerability management, metrics and maturity programs, data science, programming, and more. In addition to being a seasoned executive cybersecurity consultant, Dr. Daza was an exam content developer, crafting the tests like CISSP for ISC2, the largest cybersecurity certification body in the world. See less