Kevin Walsh

Kevin Walsh

CISO, Board Advisor

Seton Hall UniversityNewark, New Jersey, United States

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Experience16+ Years
LevelLeadership

Executive Overview

Business and people savvy cybersecurity leader with 15+ years’ experience delivering business-enabling security programs in a variety of industries including Media, Manufacturing, Real Estate, SaaS startups, Defense, retail, and Consumer Products. I lead teams by creating collaborative, consensus driven cultures that allow people ownership and autonomy in their work. Active in the security venture capital community as well as advising security and privacy startups and enterprises. Agentic AI enablement, Board Reporting, Enterprise Security, Application/Product Security, Security Operations, Data Privacy, Identity & Access Management, Security M&A Due Diligence, Cloud Security, Threat Intelligence, ZeroTrust, Data Loss Prevention, Detection Engineering and Response, Vulnerability Management, GRC, Data Governance, Employee Education, Enterprise Risk Management, Incident Response, Insider Threat, and policy development. Compliance: Security: NIST CSF, ISO27001, SOC2 (Type I & Type II), CIS 8.0 | Privacy: GDPR, CPRA, HIPAA | Financial: Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), GLBA Safeguards, PCI Technology: Generative AI, hybrid, multi-cloud, cloud native | SaaS, PaaS, IaaS | AWS, GCP, Azure | Linux, Mac OS, Windows | Data Privacy Platforms | Firewalls, CSPM, SIEM, SOAR, EDR, IAM, FIDO2, DLP, SDWAN, CASB, PAM

Career Timeline

Professional employment history
  • Nov 2025–Present· 10 mos
    • Board Member, AdvisorsCurrent
      Nov 2025–Present
  • Party CityCurrent
    Aug 2024–Present· 2 yrs 1 mo
    • Chief Information Security OfficerCurrent
      Aug 2024–Present
  • Dec 2022–Jun 2024· 1 yr 6 mos
    • Head of Enterprise Security
      Dec 2022–Jun 2024
  • Nov 2021–Nov 2022· 1 yr
    • Owner, Principal
      Nov 2021–Nov 2022
  • Jun 2012–Nov 2021· 9 yrs 5 mos
    • Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer
      Apr 2014–Nov 2021
    • Director, Information Technology
      Jun 2012–Apr 2014
  • Jun 2012–Nov 2021· 9 yrs 5 mos
    • Director, Information Technology
      Jun 2012–Nov 2021
  • Sep 2010–Jun 2012· 1 yr 9 mos
    • Senior Network Engineer
      Sep 2010–Jun 2012

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SurveillanceTechnology LeadershipOrganizational LeadershipRisk ManagementCyber Risk ManagementSetting Strategic DirectionConstruction ManagementStrategic PlanningInformation Security ManagementVideo SurveillanceCrisis CommunicationsClosed-Circuit Television (CCTV)Executive-level CommunicationGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Compliance RegulationsSensitive InformationCertified Information Security Manager (CISM)Technology RiskCyber Threat Hunting (CTH)Compliance Management