Michael Figueroa, Senior Director of Strategy, Information Security Services at Toptal

Michael A. Figueroa is the Senior Director of Strategy, Information Security Services at Toptal, where he leads Cybersecurity & Technology Strategies and Business Leadership, and research, for Toptal - a global remote company that provides a freelancing platform, connecting businesses with software engineers, designers, finance experts, product managers, and project managers. The company has no headquarters.

Michael Figueroa Biography

Michael Figueroa holds a B.S. in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from MIT and a M.F.S. in High Tech Crime Investigations from George Washington University. Michael was Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) in 2004.

Previously Michael was Principal Investigator (PI), Mobile/Cloud Security Research Lead at BAE Systems and SVP, Application and Security Architect at InfusionPoints.

Michael served as the Cyber Innovations and Services Lead at Draper Labs in Cambridge, MA between 2015 and 2016.

Between 2016 and 2019 Michael was President & Executive Director of Advanced Cyber Security Center (ACSC), where he effectively focused on improving how executives make decisions and engage the local counterparts in defending against advanced cyber threats in the ACSC's Collaborative Defense program.

Michael is a Senior Advisor to MassCyberCenter at the Mass Tech Collaborative in Boston. Where he advises government officials on improving policy and procedures for defending against modern cyber threats and incident response planning as part of the Cyber Resilient MA Working Group (CRMWG).

As a researcher and writer, he published papers such as “Reduced Realistic Attack Plan Surface for Identification of Prioritised Attack Goals” and “A SOUND Approach to Security in Mobile and Cloud-­Oriented Environments.” Michael has been a lecturer at George Washington University and an Adjunct Professor at University of Virginia.

Michael is a certified youth soccer coach, world traveller, and philosopher.
With 20 years of experience as a small business/nonprofit leader and trusted advisor to state and federal officials, Michael has developed a multidisciplinary and community collaboration approach to improve how organisations use technology to drive their mission and business objectives.

Michael’s leadership philosophy centres on forging lasting partnerships and nurturing strong collaborative relationships across diverse, multidisciplinary stakeholder groups.

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