Sounil is a member of the IANS Faculty, and has over 30 years of hands-on experience creating, breaking and fixing computer and network systems. He is the creator of the Cyber Defense Matrix and the DIE Triad, guest lectures at Carnegie Mellon, and is a senior fellow at the National Security Institute, and advises many security startups. He’s the former Chief Security Scientist at Bank of America, a recipient of the SANS Institute Lifetime Achievement Award, and a frequent speaker at major information security conferences.

• Cyber Resiliency
• Technology Rationalization, Strategy, and Roadmaps
• Measurement and Metrics
• Hiring and Training
• Artificial Intelligence Safety Engineering

• SANS Institute Lifetime Achievement Award
• Cybersecurity Hall of Fame Inductee
• Board Member of FAIR Institute
• Fellow at the National Security Institute
• Former Chief Security Scientist at Bank of America
• Frequent speaker at major information security conferences

• MS, Electrical Engineering - Virginia Tech
• BS, Electrical Engineering - Duke University
• BA, Economics - Duke University
• GIAC Certified Penetration Tester
• GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst

Sounil Yu joined IANS in 2020. As a member of our Faculty, he provides clients with deep domain-level expertise in the following areas: cyber resiliency, technology rationalization, security strategy & road mapping, measurement & metrics and safety engineering.

• Former Bank of America Chief Security Scientist
• Cybersecurity Hall of Fame Inductee
• Key contributor to CSA’s AI Controls Matrix