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Cyrus J. Walker III

I safeguard the mission continuity of people and organizations.

Thirty years at the intersection of cybersecurity, civic leadership, and operational discipline.

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The Practitioner

Thirty years of experience building cybersecurity operations bespoke to each organization's uniqueness, not best practices applied uniformly.

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The Civic Leader

Public-sector forensics, election jurisdiction work, board leadership, and DHS advisory service, rooted in the conviction that cybersecurity is a civic responsibility.

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The Voice

Featured on CNN, Bloomberg, Forbes, ABC, NBC, CBS, and other outlets, speaking to mayors, city managers, executives, and nonprofit leaders about what it costs when organizations are vulnerable to cybercrime.

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The Argument

Cybersecurity is not just a technical function. It is institutional protection in practice.

When a hospital is shuttered by ransomware, when a municipality's systems are compromised, the people who bear the cost are the residents, the patients, the families those institutions exist to serve. It's not a technology story. It's a civic one.

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Upcoming Engagements

Where Cyrus is speaking, releasing, and appearing next. See the full record →

Sep23Wed
SpeakingCall for Presentation
National Cyber Summit 2026
“Six Years, Zero Incidents: Inside a Dual IT + OT Municipal Security Operation”
Huntsville, AL · Von Braun Convention Center · Government Track
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Oct5Mon
SpeakingCall for Presentation
ICS Cybersecurity Conference 2026
“Dual-Scope Defense: A Six-Year Municipal IT + OT Engagement and What It Became”
Nashville, TN · 25th Anniversary · ICS/SCADA, energy, water & critical infrastructure
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Nov10Tue
SpeakingCall for Presentation
HCCA Healthcare Privacy Compliance Conference 2026
“Before the Breach: What Privacy Officers Need to Understand About Cybersecurity Operations”
Virtual · Healthcare privacy & compliance officers
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Nov15Sun
SpeakingCall for Presentation
CyberMarketingCon & CyberCEO Summit 2026
“Proof Over Positioning: Six Years, One Deployment, Zero Major Incidents”
Austin, TX · CyberCEO Summit Track
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"The conversation about cybersecurity as a civic problem doesn't start — or end — at the conference room."