Bryan Perkola, CISSP, CISM, is a passionate cybersecurity professional and IT veteran with over thirty years of experience primarily in organizations associated with manufacturing, retail, and finance. Bryan holds multiple bachelor's degrees from the University of Houston in Marketing and Organizational Behavior and Management and has received his master’s degree in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance from Western Governor’s University in addition to numerous industry certifications. Bryan’s work experience has primarily been involved with small to mid-sized organizations where he was intimately involved with multiple disciplines such as marketing and human resources that has provided him some unique perspectives and understandings for developing creative and effective security awareness programs that promote a strong cybersecurity culture within the organization.