Brent Wrisley

Brent Wrisley founded PUNCH out of a desire to help organizations tackle cyber security more efficiently. He was frustrated by industry approaches designed to introduce complexity and costly tools, while classic defense-in-depth techniques were subordinated. As Chief Executive Officer, Brent built a company that preaches innovative approaches to network defense, but always with an eye toward demystifying and simplifying. He formed this vision from decades spent building, supporting and leading operational cyber organizations. As one of the founding members of the Department of Homeland Security’s US-CERT, Brent has been around long enough to witness the en masse creation of a cottage industry of “cyber-y” buzzwords.

At the end of the day, Brent’s passion was to create a company that resisted fear-mongering, promoted awareness and collaboration, and exhibited a genuine concern for industry partners and friends. In his spare time, Brent deplores writing about himself in the third person, possesses an n+1 need for new guitars, as well as the occasional craft beer. More hops rather than less, always.