Summary
Kenneth Hartman is a cybersecurity leader and licensed private investigator with 11 years of experience, currently serving as CISO at SampleServe while founding and running Lucid Truth Technologies, a Michigan-based digital forensics and consulting firm. He combines hands-on cloud security architecture and product security experience from roles at Illumina, Ariba, and Google with courtroom-focused investigative practice, helping attorneys discover and interpret digital evidence. A SANS Certified Instructor and author of the annual SANS Multicloud Survey, Ken teaches advanced cloud security courses and brings a measurable, research-driven approach to multicloud controls and mitigation. His background in electrical engineering and an MS in Information Security Engineering underpin a pragmatic blend of technical depth, compliance expertise, and investigative rigor rarely found in a single practitioner.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BSEE Electrical Engineering, BSEE Electrical Engineering at Michigan Technological University
Masters of Science Information Security Engineering Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Masters of Science Information Security Engineering Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at SANS Technology Institute