Wade Baker
Co-Founder at Virginia Tech
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWade Baker is a cybersecurity entrepreneur, researcher, and educator with over a decade of experience building data-driven risk and intelligence capabilities. As Co-Founder of the Cyentia Institute and a collegiate professor at Virginia Tech, he blends rigorous empirical research with practical guidance to help organizations measure and manage cyber risk. His leadership roles at Verizon and ThreatConnect shaped large-scale threat intelligence, the Data Breach Investigations Report, and early IoT security testing programs. Wade serves on the FAIR Institute board and has advised RSA Conference programming, reflecting a rare mix of academic rigor, industry product strategy, and community stewardship. He is known for translating complex security data into accessible, business-focused insights that inform executive decision-making.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Business Information Technology, Ph.D. Business Information Technology at Virginia TechM.S. Information Technology / Design Computing, M.S. Information Technology / Design Computing at University of Southern Mississippi
English, German, Swedish
Github Skills (12)
vocabulary10
recording8
active5
elk4
database4
python4
elasticsearch3
security3
defense3
mozilla3
management2
supply-chain-security1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (4)
vz-risk/veris
Aug 2013 - Jun 2014
Vocabulary for Event Recording and Incident Sharing (VERIS)
Contributions:5 commits, 1 comment, 1 issue in 9 months
vocabularyrecordingsharing
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