Keith Watson
Security Director And Lead For Field Centers Of Excellence at Pluralsight
West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
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Top SchoolKeith Watson is an experienced cybersecurity leader with 14+ years guiding cross-functional teams and building practical security programs across enterprise, higher education, and consulting environments. As a director at Optiv he leads remote security advisors and Centers of Excellence for Security and Offensive Security, blending presales strategy, service design, and hands-on application security and incident response expertise. He pairs technical depth—from early Sun Labs tool development and penetration testing—to business acumen supported by an MBA and certifications (CISSP-ISSAP, CCSP, CISA). A prolific educator and six-course Pluralsight author, Keith is passionate about mentoring and creating learning content that scales team capability. Known for empowering teams rather than micromanaging, he drives consistency through documented methodologies, tooling and automation while keeping morale high. Based in West Lafayette, he uniquely combines practitioner experience with program-level thinking to translate complex security challenges into repeatable, client-facing services.
14 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Purdue UniversityMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Management and Strategy, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Management and Strategy at Western Governors University
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Github contributions (3)
ikawnoclast/freewrite
Mar 2012 - Nov 2021
A simple script to manage free writing.
Contributions:11 commits, 8 PRs, 10 pushes in 9 years 9 months
ikawnoclast/kickstart.nvim
Feb 2025 - Feb 2025
A launch point for your personal nvim configuration
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
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