Ajay Menendez
Founder & CEO at Black Tower Security
Miami, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolAjay Menendez is a cybersecurity entrepreneur and educator with over 35 years of IT experience and a proven track record building industry-first training programs and enterprise security architectures. As Founder & CEO of Black Tower Security and Black Tower Academy, and former leader of SecureSet’s HUNT Analyst program, he has designed and delivered applied cybersecurity education for universities, bootcamps, and Fortune 50 companies including Boeing. His hands-on background spans SIEM engineering, threat analytics, enterprise systems, storage and networking, and healthcare security compliance (HITRUST/HIPAA/NIST). Trained in psychological behavioral analysis, Ajay blends technical engineering with cyberpsychology to craft pedagogy and defenses that anticipate human factors in security. He’s equally comfortable tuning detection content for SOCs as he is scaling instructor-led programs that turn non-security professionals into mission-ready analysts. Based in Miami, he pairs deep technical breadth with a knack for storytelling and public-facing education.
8 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Digital Forensics, Digital Forensics at Black HatCertificate SEC 555 SIEM Advanced Tactical Analysis, Certificate SEC 555 SIEM Advanced Tactical Analysis at SANS Technology InstituteBA Psychology, BA Psychology at Florida International University
SpanishGithub contributions (5)
ajay63/BlackTowerAcademy
Jul 2021 - Mar 2025
Contributions:160 pushes, 61 branches in 3 years 8 months
ajay63/Virt-101
Jan 2019 - May 2019
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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