{"id":106885,"date":"2024-03-07T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/?p=106885"},"modified":"2024-03-13T09:50:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T13:50:06","slug":"jumpcloud-partner-success-interview-defensible-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/jumpcloud-partner-success-interview-defensible-tech","title":{"rendered":"Bridging Security and IT Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

JumpCloud’s MSP partners are at the forefront of providing essential IT services to small and medium-sized businesses globally. In our interview series, we delve into conversations with these partners, exploring the dynamics of their MSPs and how JumpCloud plays a pivotal role in their operations.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Stephen Doty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Stephen Doty is an information technology and information security expert. He is the founder and CEO of Defensible Technology, a security-first managed service provider, specializing in cybersecurity risk management and IT operations consulting. Mr. Doty has more than twenty years of experience in building, managing, and implementing complex information technology and cybersecurity strategies and solutions. Prior to building Defensible, Mr. Doty served as the Chief Technology Officer for The Juilliard School, where he was the first security expert hired by the school, leading the university through a global IT transformation inclusive of technology modernization, organizational restructuring, and expansion into a second campus in China. He also created the school\u2019s information security strategy, and today remains as Juilliard\u2019s acting vCISO.  As a Managing Director for a leading forensics and incident response firm, Stroz Friedberg, Steve functioned as an outsourced CISO for numerous organizations across multiple industries. In that capacity, he led incident response efforts, managed post-breach and ransomware remediation programs, and delivered risk assessments, penetration tests, and other cybersecurity consulting services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early in his career, Steve was a senior network engineer and Big 4 consulting firm manager. His work included projects related to high profile security initiatives, national security events, critical<\/p>\n\n\n\n

infrastructure security, fintech, legal, regulatory compliance, and industry-specific applications for cybersecurity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Doty earned an MBA from the Zicklin School of Business (Baruch College) and a B.A. in Communications from the State University of New York at Buffalo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In today’s feature, we had the opportunity to speak again with Stephen Doty or Defensible Technology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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