Joshua Brown is the former Vice President and Global Chief Information Security Officer of H&R Block, with deep experience in designing and building information security programs to deliver efficient and effective risk management practices. His core expertise is in zero trust design, implementation of data-centric risk mitigation, raising security awareness, and aligning security strategy with business requirements.

Across multiple market segments, Joshua has built security programs that transparently support and drive business initiatives, leveraging security capabilities to differentiate companies from their competition in the marketplace. These programs approach security from a business risk perspective, ensuring that multilayered capabilities are brought to bear to enable the nimble pursuit of new business ventures while protecting the vital assets that make businesses attractive to prospective clients (as well as adversaries).

Joshua has been a featured speaker at the ISC2 Congress, at InfoSec World, INFRAGARD and ISSA, and the Info360 Expo, as well as a SANS mentor. He is an active participant in the security community.