Full Name
John Dickson
Job Title
Vice President
Company
Coalfire
Speaker Bio
John Dickson is a popular speaker on security at industry venues and a sought-after security expert who regularly contributes to Dark Reading and other security publications. A Distinguished Fellow of the International Systems Security Association, he has been a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) since 1998.
A former U.S. Air Force officer, Dickson served in the Air Force Information Warfare Center and was a member of the Air Force Computer Emergency Response Team. Since his transition to the commercial arena, he has played significant client-facing roles with companies such as Trident Data Systems, KPMG, SecureLogix Corporation, and Denim Group.
John Dickson has nearly 20 years of hands-on experience in intrusion detection, network security, and application security in the commercial, public and military sectors. As a Denim Group Principal for 17 years here in San Antonio, John helped executives and Chief Security Officers of Fortune 500 companies and government organizations launch and expand their critical application security initiatives. His leadership was instrumental in Denim Group being honored by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest-growing companies in the industry for five years in a row. John, along with his two business partners Sheridan Chambers and Dan Cornell, help lead the successful exit of Denim Group to Coalfire, who acquired the company in June 2021.
John Dickson