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About
Edward Frye is Head of Security at Luminary, where he works on zero-trust infrastructure for defense industrial base customers, generative AI and physics simulation security governance, and CMMC readiness. His 20-plus-year career spans SaaS, fintech, mortgage technology, enterprise networking, healthcare, and defense, including early security roles at Ellie Mae, PaymentOne, and PerformantCorp, and a prior position as CISO at Aryaka, where he led a 28-person team and drove ISO 27001 certification and SOC 2 adoption. He holds a CISSP and a Master's in Information Security and Assurance, began his career in the U.S. Air Force, and serves as President of the Silicon Valley ISSA chapter.
CISO at Luminary Cloud
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Experience
- LuminaryHead of Securitycurrent2024 — presentSan Mateo, CA
- AKITRAStrategic Advisorcurrent2020 — present
- Information Security Leadership FoundationMembercurrent2018 — present
- Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)Board Membercurrent2009 — presentSilicon Valley
- Aryaka NetworksChief Information Security Officer (CISO)2019 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- ReleaseIQ (Acquired by CloudBees)Advisor2021 — 2022
- Elementum SCMHead of Security2017 — 2019Mountain View, CA
- BlueJeansSenior Manager Information Security (Acting CISO)2014 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Kaiser PermanenteInformation Security Consultant Specialist2010 — 2014Pleasanton, California, United States
Skills & more
Information Security Governance1Board Presentations1Enterprise Risk ManagementBoard AdministrationPython (Programming Language)General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)1Investigation1Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)Threat & Vulnerability ManagementRisk AssessmentInformation Security Management System (ISMS)Cyber-security
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SecurityCISSPInformation SecurityCloud ComputingDisaster RecoveryVirtualizationData CenterFirewallsLanguages English
- C|HFI - Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator — EC-Councel
- C|EH - Certified Ethical Hacker — EC-Councel
- GWAPT - GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester — GIAC
- CCNA Security — Cisco Systems
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) — International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc., (ISC)2
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- Who is Edward Frye?
- Edward Frye is Head of Security at Luminary, where he works on zero-trust infrastructure for defense industrial base customers, generative AI and physics simulation security governance, and CMMC readiness. His 20-plus-year career spans SaaS, fintech, mortgage technology, enterprise networking, healthcare, and defense, including early security roles at Ellie Mae, PaymentOne, and PerformantCorp, and a prior position as CISO at Aryaka, where he led a 28-person team and drove ISO 27001 certification and SOC 2 adoption. He holds a CISSP and a Master's in Information Security and Assurance, began his career in the U.S. Air Force, and serves as President of the Silicon Valley ISSA chapter.
- Where does Edward Frye work?
- Edward Frye is CISO at Luminary Cloud.
- Where did Edward Frye go to school?
- Edward Frye studied at Western Governors University (Bachelor’s Degree, Information Technology); Western Governors University (Master’s Degree, Information Security and Assurance).
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