Wesley Hines

Wesley Hines has over 20 years of work experience in various roles related to information security, IT management, and cyber training services. Wesley is currently working as a Lead Security Engineer at Beyond Identity since April 2022. Prior to this, they served as a Lead (Senior) Information Security Operations Engineer at Common Securitization Solutions from June 2018 to April 2022. Wesley also worked as a Senior Security Engineer at Capitis Solutions from September 2017 to June 2018. Additionally, they held the position of Director of Cyber Training Services at TeleniX Corporation from October 2015 to July 2017. Wesley worked as an Information Technology Manager/Senior Security Engineer at KEYW Corporation from April 2015 to October 2015. Before that, they were an IT Security Consultant at Milestone Intelligence Group, Inc. from February 2013 to April 2015, where they were responsible for building and maintaining the company's IT architecture and developing security and incident response policies. Wesley also has prior experience as an IT Manager at Digiflight Inc from March 2006 to April 2015. Earlier in their career, they worked as a Security Engineer at RBIS Ltd. from 2001 to 2006 and as a Helpdesk Associate at RGII Technologies from March 1999 to October 2000.

Wesley Hines earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree with a focus on IT Software from Western Governors University, where they studied from 2012 to 2015. Wesley later pursued a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance at the same institution, completing their studies from 2016 to 2018. In addition to their academic degrees, Wesley obtained various certifications in the field of information technology and cybersecurity. These include the White Badge from PentesterLab in August 2017, the Certified Data Center Management Professional from CNet Training in November 2014, the Project + certification from CompTIA in May 2013, and the Microsoft Technology Associate certifications in Operating System, Server, Security, and Database from Microsoft in November 2012. Wesley also obtained the CIW Web Foundations Associate certification from CIW in June 2012, the Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator certification from EC-Council in December 2018, the Certified Ethical Hacker certification from EC-Council in September 2017, and the A+, Network +, and Security + certifications from CompTIA in August 2012 and March 2013 respectively.