Brandon Dunlap

Brandon Dunlap is the current advisor at Security Advisor Alliance and the former senior manager security, risk and compliance at Amazon. Brandon was responsible for the information security compliance requirements driven by regulated business activities across all of the non-AWS offerings at Amazon. This included e-commerce, Kindle, Alexa, etc.

Brandon successfully provided the development, implementation and monitoring of a strategic enterprise information security and risk management program for each regionally regulated entity. This included the EBA guidelines, CUP, RBI as well as the 48 states and territories for North America where Amazon held payment licenses. Additionally, they set the strategy for risk tolerance, risk acceptance and investment in risk mitigation. Brandon also led and developed the team of CISO’s accountable to the regulated entity boards.

Throughout their time at Amazon, Brandon continually provided information security expertise by recommending initiatives which mitigated risks, strengthened defenses and reduced enterprise vulnerability. Brandon also developed a metrics and reporting framework to measure the coverage and efficacy of the program and controls under management. Automation of this reporting was also implemented under their guidance. Furthermore, they led and facilitated information security governance activities through key compliance committees as well as internal audit.

Brandon cultivated and built collaborative relationships with a broad range of enterprise stakeholders centered around specific Lines of Business and their compliance functions. Brandon also worked closely with external agencies such as regulators, external assessors and industry groups. Thanks to their hard work and dedication, Brandon was able to leave a lasting

Brandon Dunlap has a degree in advertising from Missouri State University.