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Paul Caron, MBA

Head of Cybersecurity, Americas @ S-RM | Cybersecurity Leader | U.S. Army Veteran | USF Cybersecurity for Executives Advisory Board Member
Chicago, IL, United States
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Education: Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Finance

Norwich University

2013 : 2016

Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

Strategic Studies and Defense Analysis

Norwich University

2010 : 2012

Experience: 2022 : Present

S-RM

Head of Cybersecurity, Americas

Served as a Managing Director in the Cybersecurity Digital Forensics / Incident Response (DFIR), leading a team of experts across Incident Response, Security Operations Center (SOC), Digital Forensics, and other technical Subject Matter Experts.

Managed all aspects of an Incident Response engagement to include incident validation, monitoring, containment, log analysis, system forensic analysis, and reporting.

Led client relationships and relationships with external counsel & insurers to ensure all facets of the incident response engagement were delivered at the highest standard. Led transformation activities and aligns goals and objectives of the organization to ensure success.

2020 : 2022

Arete Incident Response

Managing Director | Incident Response Services

Specialized in leading cross vertical cybersecurity project teams focused on risk management, strategy, and transformation across a national portfolio of Fortune 100 clients.

Experience working directly with Chief Information Security Officers (CISO's) and Chief Information Officers (CIO's) post breach / security incident to identify security capability gaps, assist in the development of target operating models, and strategic remediation road maps.

Led business development activities across key clients.

2016 : 2020

PwC

Manager | Cybersecurity Strategy & Transformation Consulting

While assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency, provided expert level analysis and targeting of energy sources (hydro, oil, gas) around the world. Served as an intelligence action officer supporting global operations while advising senior level commanders on salient intelligence issues. Sponsored working groups involved in intelligence support for contingency operations; refined organizational standard operating procedures. Proven ability to work in time sensitive environments leading to the production and presentation of actionable intelligence product. Developed, revised, and ensured completion of intelligence collection plans, annexes and associated appendices for unit and command level operations plans.

Led an intelligence team as the Senior All-Source Intelligence expert for the sole European based Civil Affairs unit in the Army. Developed and managed an annual budget to conduct training for U.S. Civil Affairs Teams and intelligence support elements stationed in Germany. Responsible for Foreign Consequence Management and Chemical Biological Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) threat analysis leading to passive and active target development.

Experience as a Senior Human Intelligence (HUMINT) Officer responsible for establishing collections plans, and follow on targeting for over 3000 interrogations focused on Joint Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Intelligence operations.

Selected to be an interrogations supervisor at the Bagram Theater Internment Facility in Afghanistan, housing over 700 enemy combatant detainees.

Served as an intelligence section lead while assigned to Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). Directed collection focus and intelligence production of a team specifically focused on the Counter Drug & Counter-Terrorism mission set in Afghanistan.

2001 : 2016

US Army

Senior Leader | Intelligence Subject Matter Specialist | HUMINT Targeting Specialist

Company: S-RM

Years of Experience: 22

Spoken Language: English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

Skills Afghanistan, Analysis, Analytics, Anti Money Laundering, Army, Business Development, CIS, Command, Consulting, Counterterrorism, Cyber-security, Cyber Operations, Data Analysis, Defense, DoD, Financial Services, Foreign Languages, Government, HUMINT, Independence, Instruction, Intelligence, Intelligence Analysis, Leadership, Management, Military, Military Experience, Military Operations, National Security, NIST, Operational Planning, Organizational Leadership, Physical Security, Program Management, Project Management, Project Planning, Security, Security Clearance, SIGINT, Special Operations, Strategic Consulting, Threat & Vulnerability Management, Threat Intelligence, Training, U.S. Department of Defense
About As the Head of Cybersecurity, Americas at S-RM, a global risk consultancy, I lead a team of experts in delivering cybersecurity solutions to clients across various industries and regions. With over 20 years of experience in both the private and public sectors, I have a proven track record of building and maintaining strong relationships with executive leaders, providing them with strategic guidance and practical support on cybersecurity challenges and opportunities.



My core competencies include cyber operations, cyber threat intelligence, digital forensics, incident response, security strategy, and transformation. I leverage my business and technical acumen, as well as my niche background in intelligence and the military, to advise c-suite leaders on pressing cybersecurity issues and help them achieve their goals. I am also a co-author of a book on security supervision and management. I am passionate about cybersecurity and its impact on the world, and I continuously seek to learn and grow in this dynamic field.