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Bob holds an M . S . in Information Systems as well as CISM ( Certified Information Security Manager ) and CISSP ( Certified Information Systems Security Professional ) certifications . He is a world-wide influencer on Twitter , LinkedIn for Cyber security , information security , IoT , privacy and other technology sectors , and has been recognised as A Top Infosec Influencer on LinkedIn .
Bob is largely passionate about all things cyber security . He recently posted a series of blogs on topics related to AI and modern tech . He said : “ Given the complexity of modern attacks there is absolutely no way that human defenders can keep up with it , so we must have artificial intelligence capabilities in the technologies and solutions we ’ re providing .”
He is one of Twitter ’ s Top 10 Cyber security experts and has over 45.6k followers on the social media platform .
Verizon Communications was created on June 30 , 2000 by Bell Atlantic Corp and GTE Corp in one of the largest mergers in US business history . GTE and Bell Atlantic evolved and grew through decades of mergers , acquisitions and divestitures . Today , Verizon Wireless is a global communications technology company delivering the promise of the digital world to millions of customers every day .
Bob ’ s role at Verizon is developing strategy in bringing Cyber Threat Intelligence to the next level , leveraging data analytics , machine learning and other data intelligence to enhance a Verizon-wide risk management program .
Bob also specialises in Threat Hunting that discovers unknown threats not found by traditional security monitoring or traditional threat intelligence solutions .
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