CTO, Knostic, USA
Sounil Yu is the author and creator of the Cyber Defense Matrix and the DIE Triad, which are reshaping approaches to cybersecurity. He is a Board Member of the FAIR Institute; a fellow at GMU Scalia Law School's National Security Institute; a guest lecturer at Carnegie Mellon; and an advisor to many startups. Sounil Yu is the co-founder and CTO at Knostic and previously served as the CISO at JupiterOne, CISO-in-Residence at YL Ventures, and Chief Security Scientist at Bank of America.
Before his tenure at BofA, Yu helped improve information security at several Fortune 100 companies and Federal Government agencies. He has over 20 granted patents and was recognized as one of the most influential people in security by Security Magazine, Influencer of the Year by SC Awards, and a Top 10 CISO by Black Unicorn Awards. He is a recipient of the SANS Lifetime Achievement Award and was inducted into the Cybersecurity Hall of Fame. He has an MS in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech, a BS in Electrical Engineering, and a BA in Economics from Duke University.
