Joshua Kroger
Head Of Information Security
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoshua Kroger is a Head of Information Security with a decade of experience uniting governance, enterprise risk management, and engineering to protect cloud, hybrid, and SaaS environments. He serves as a trusted partner to C-suite stakeholders, translating business objectives into compliant, auditable security programs (SOC 2, NIST, CIS) while leading vulnerability management, data governance, and application security initiatives. Known for building high-performing teams, he emphasizes mentorship, psychological safety, and hands-on program development—recruiting talent and reducing phishing susceptibility and system vulnerabilities through targeted strategy. He brings practical incident response leadership, coordinating legal, insurance, and technical stakeholders to minimize impact when breaches occur. An active career mentor and member of CISO Society and ISSA Executive Forum, he’s passionate about developing future cybersecurity leaders and enabling responsible AI adoption. Based in Phoenix, Joshua pairs calm, ethical leadership with measurable operational outcomes and a clear focus on leaving a legacy of resilience.
10 years of coding experience
High School, High School at Home SchoolCertificate, Certificate at Latin
English
Github Skills (38)
ubuntu9
centos9
openvpn9
fedora9
shell8
debian8
installer8
passphrase8
bash8
almalinux8
vpn8
diceware7
keybase7
open-access7
enumerate6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ProbieK/Get-Redirects
Mar 2017 - May 2018
Contributions:14 commits, 1 PR, 13 pushes in 1 year 2 months
enumeratebugbountysecuritypentestingredirects
ProbieK/PassGen
Oct 2016 - Jul 2020
A script to generate a random password string from the command line.
Contributions:9 PRs, 32 pushes, 7 branches in 3 years 9 months
stringpassword-generatorrandom-passwordpasswordpassphrase
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