ason Kikta is the Chief Information Security Officer and Senior VP of Product at Automox. He previously served for over twenty years in the United States Marine Corps. This included seven years at United States Cyber Command designing and managing the national counter-APT and counter-ransomware missions. Jason is also an adjunct lecturer at the Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies at the Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC. Additionally, he is an adjunct Senior Technical Advisor to the Institute for Security and Technology in San Francisco, CA.