Andrew Alaniz
Founder & Principal Consultant at CipherNorth LLC
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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Top SchoolAndrew Alaniz is a cybersecurity founder and principal consultant with 18 years of hands-on experience building and running security programs across financial services, healthcare, and enterprise environments. He has led security operations at a top U.S. bank, managed technology and cyber risk for Freddie Mac, and responded in real time to major incidents like WannaCry and NotPetya. Known for turning around struggling programs, he brings an engineering mindset to risk — creating continuous assessment, DevOps-informed risk processes, and measurable cloud risk metrics. Frustrated by fear-based vendor sales, he founded CipherNorth to provide founders and executives practical, right-sized security leadership that prepares teams for audits, investor scrutiny, and incidents. He only sells capabilities he’s built or validated through vetted partners, blending regulatory experience (SEC preparedness, large-scale exams) with operational depth (SOC, IR, red team, vulnerability management). Based in Birmingham, AL, Andrew pairs enterprise-scale credibility with a boutique advisory approach that helps clients move from uncertainty to clear, executable security plans.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Various, Various at Alabama Fire CollegeB.S, Computer and Information Sciences, B.S, Computer and Information Sciences at University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Github contributions (5)
andrewdalaniz/key-risk-indicators
Jun 2020 - Jul 2020
This repository will define specifications for a standard for defining Key Risk Indicators. My first set will be for AWS.
Contributions:1 release, 6 PRs, 55 pushes in 2 days
riskspecificationsindicatorsaws
andrewdalaniz/ransomware-KRIs
Jan 2022 - Feb 2022
Contributions:7 commits, 4 pushes in 12 days
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