Three-time Top Global CISO
James Gorman
Navy Cryptographer. 40 Years on the Front Lines.
Author, Fractional CISO, and founder of Hard2Hack Inc. Writing for practitioners who need answers, not theory.
"Stop drowning in security advice. Start building a program that works."
Carlos Solari, Former White House CIO
The Books
Available Now The IT Leader's Guide to Cybersecurity Programs
From Basics to AI
The practical roadmap IT leaders actually need to build, manage, and mature a cybersecurity program.
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Coming June 2026 Security in the Age of AI Agents
A Practitioner's Journey from Cold War Crypto to Autonomous Threats
From Navy shipboard crypto to autonomous AI agents, the patterns that keep repeating and what to do about them.
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James delivers practical, no-nonsense talks on cybersecurity leadership, AI threats, and building programs that work in the real world.
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