Biography

Jake Kouns is a cyber security expert, entrepreneur, and investor. He founded an acquired cyber security firm specializing in vulnerability and data breach intelligence. Jake is a frequent conference speaker and regular media commentator, and he appears in BBS: The Documentary (on early computer culture) and America’s Real Deal as an ICON. He is also an active angel investor and startup advisor, an LP in multiple venture funds, and the author of multiple computer security books.
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Appears in BBS: The Documentary, discussing pre-internet computer culture and the bulletin board system (BBS) era.

Completed his MBA at James Madison University in the inaugural year of the Information Security concentration.

Jake Kouns is the co-author of Information Technology Risk Management in Enterprise Environments (Wiley, 2010) and The Chief Information Security Officer (IT Governance, 2011).

Founded Risk Based Security (RBS), a cyber security firm that was acquired by Flashpoint.

Founded and has organized the RVAsec cyber security conference in Richmond, Virginia since 2011.