Keith Young

Keith Young, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the Montgomery County Government, Maryland, is responsible for supporting security/technology initiatives for the Department of Technology Services. Mr. Young joined the County in 2002 to lead the information security group. As the CISO, he manages all aspects of the County IT Security program, including information security risk management, regulatory compliance, computer forensics, vulnerability and threat management, and enterprise architecture review and recommendation. His group’s IT Security initiatives have won several awards and recognitions, including the National Association of Counties (NACo) Achievement Awards for two consecutive years and a finalist in the Information Security Executive North America Government Project Award. Before joining the County, Mr. Young was the Director of Customer Care/Support and a Senior Security Sales Engineer for V-ONE Corporation, providing IT security support, solutions, and incident response for Federal, Commercial, DoD, and Educational customers. He also held security engineering and research positions at Acterna/TTC and Salve Regina. Mr. Young regularly presents at information security leadership, innovation, and entrepreneur conferences and webinars. Mr. Young holds a Bachelors Degree in Information Systems from Salve Regina University.