Trip Hillman

Trip Hillman, has more than 12 years of hands-on experience evaluating cybersecurity in a broad range of technology environments. He has consulted with Fortune 100 companies, private equity groups, small enterprises and government entities alike on security and compliance. Organizations regularly call on Trip to assist in evaluating existing cybersecurity strategy and risk plans as well as identifying the tactical improvements necessary to achieve the desired resilience goals. While having performed hundreds of assessments across unique and complex technology environments, Trip takes pride in discovering cyber risk to correlate and communicate in the context of organizational mission and objectives. While consulting on all things cyber his projects regularly take the form of cyber risk assessments, maturity assessments and roadmaps, cybersecurity compliance assessments, cyber due diligence, vulnerability assessments and penetration tests to help organizations improve their cybersecurity posture.

This hands-on experience — combined with ongoing education and active memberships in ISC2, IIA, ISACA and the Cloud Security Alliance — keeps Trip at the forefront of best practices, leading guidance (including NIST-CSF, NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, CIS CSC, ISO 27001, DHS CPG) and compliance requirements (including PCI, CMMC).

Highly respected in his field, Trip speaks at local and national conferences, delivers educational webinars, and teaches security auditing classes across the nation for a wide range of security professionals. His numerous certifications include Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), GIAC Certified Penetration Tester (GPEN), Qualified Security Assessor (QSA), GIAC Systems and Network Auditor (GSNA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), GIAC Certified Windows Security Administrator (GCWN), GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), and the Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK). He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in management information systems from Baylor University.