Senior Director, Cybersecurity Advisory Services
WALTER CRAWFORD
Walter Crawford leads the Cybersecurity Advisory Services team for Cyber Defense Labs as Senior Director of Cybersecurity Advisory Services. He works with client partners to tackle their most difficult cybersecurity challenges. Walter has a decade of experience designing, building, and operating Cyber Resilience, Incident Response, Business Continuity, and Disaster Recovery programs.
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Before joining Cyber Defense Labs, Walter most recently held the role of Chief Technologist at Booz Allen Hamilton, where he led the Global Converged Resilience Practice. He managed
a team of 25+ professionals across varying disciplines enabling companies to design, build, and operate Enterprise Resilience, Enterprise Risk, Cyber Resilience, and All-Hazards Crisis Management programs for Fortune 500 companies. Under Walter's leadership, the practice successfully launched and grew Booz Allen’s Geopolitical Risk Advisory Services. In his tenure, Walter has served in outsourced Resilience and Crisis Management Senior Director roles for large multi-national companies over his 10 years as a Resilience Leader.
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Walter is a regularly sought-after speaker for the Healthcare, Financial Services, Pharmaceuticals, and Technology industries given his wide breadth of knowledge from leading Enterprise Resilience operations, including Business Continuity, Risk, Disaster Recovery, and Crisis Management programs.​
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Walter earned his Bachelor’s degree at the University of Georgia and is a CompTIA Security+ certified professional. Additionally, Walter contributed to industry knowledge by co-authoring chapters in the New York Stock Exchange Book Navigating the Digital Age: The Definitive Cyber Security Guide for Directors and Officers.