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Brian Contos

Field CISO at Mitiga

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Overview

Brian Contos serves as Field CISO at Mitiga [1][3]. Contos brings thirty years of experience building cybersecurity companies, including involvement in two IPOs and ten acquisitions [2]. Previous roles include CISO at Verodin [10], CISO at Mandiant Security Validation [9], VP Security Strategy at Mandiant [8], Chief Strategy Officer at Sevco Security [7], Board Advisor at Sevco Security [6], Investor at Phosphorus Cybersecurity [5], and Board Advisor at Appdome [4]. Contos holds a B.S.B.A. in Management Information Systems from the University of Arizona [11].

Profile introduction
Source excerptLinkedIn [2]

Two IPOs. Ten acquisitions. Thirty years building the cybersecurity companies that defined the industry. As Field CISO at Mitiga, I lead our Advisory Board, a working group of dozens of the industry’s top security leaders, who shape our product roadmap. This is the best seat in security right now. Mitiga is an agentic runtime cloud security platform delivering zero-impact breach prevention that is trusted by Fortune 500 companies. Mitiga detects, investigates, and responds to attacks in real time across cloud, SaaS, identity, and AI environments. Prevention used to be the gold standard, har…

Career history

  1. Field CISOFeb 2025 to presentMitiga
  2. Board AdvisorJul 2016 to presentAppdome
  3. InvestorMar 2022 to Jun 2026Phosphorus Cybersecurity Inc. (Acquisition by Dragos then Accenture for ~$4B)
  4. Board AdvisorJan 2025 to Mar 2026Sevco Security (Acquisition by Arctic Wolf)
  5. Chief Strategy OfficerJan 2023 to Feb 2025Sevco Security (Acquisition by Arctic Wolf)
  6. VP Security Strategy MandiantJul 2020 to Oct 2022Verodin Inc. (Acquisition by Mandiant for $300M then by Google for $5.4B)
  7. CISO Mandiant Security ValidationJun 2019 to Jul 2020Verodin Inc. (Acquisition by Mandiant for $300M then by Google for $5.4B)
  8. CISO VerodinOct 2016 to Jun 2019Verodin Inc. (Acquisition by Mandiant for $300M then by Google for $5.4B)

Education

  1. B.S.B.A, Management Information Systems1993 - 1996University of Arizona

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