Alex Castillo is a cybersecurity leader with more than 17 years of experience across detection engineering, cloud security, security automation, and AI. He serves as the Director of Detection Engineering for a Fortune 500 organization and as the volunteer Curated Collections Product Manager for CyberCanon, where he helps cybersecurity professionals discover meaningful, high-quality resources amid an overwhelming volume of information. Alex holds a master’s degree in computer science and holds more than 40 industry certifications. A passionate security advocate and lifelong learner, he focuses on strengthening security programs through thoughtful engineering, practical innovation, and through empathetic leadership.