Starting his career on the US Armed Forces cyber battlefield, Kenneth Peyton has spent the last 19+ years leading teams as an expert on investigative cybersecurity solution stacks. With a keen eye for detecting signs of an attack in security operations centers, he has been trusted by enterprise organizations that include JPMorgan Chase, Secureworks, Verizon, and Metlife, some of the world’s most respected security programs. Additionally, having led red team operations, Payton has been responsible for ensuring that all security gaps and vulnerabilities that could lead to an incident were identified and remediated. His ability to understand attacks not just at the execution level, but from the perspective of a threat actor, has allowed Payton to identify and thwart numerous internal attacks and save organizations millions through prevention, a challenge even for the most senior cybersecurity professionals.

Kenneth’s specialized skill sets ultimately led him to a senior role in Detection and Response, in addition to serving on the Teramind Advisory Board. In this role, he offers Teramind leadership deeper insight into enterprise needs such as SOC integrations, enhanced security investigation capabilities, forensics, prevention, and more. Payton holds a BS from Syracuse University in Information Technology and an MS in Homeland Security from Penn State World Campus, with a special focus in Information Security and Forensics. He has received leadership training at both NC State and Dale Carnegie. Additionally, he holds a number of post-baccalaureate certificates: Information Systems Cybersecurity, Information Systems Forensics, Incident Response, and Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking from Penn State World Campus and SANS Technology Institute, respectively, and 5 GIAC certifications – Python Coder (GPYC), Certified Incident Handler (GCIH), Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA), Reverse Engineering Malware (GREM), and Exploit Researcher and Advanced Penetration Tester (GXPN).