Ben Radcliff is a security practitioner with over a decade of experience in security and IT operations. As Director of Security Operations within Optiv’s Cyber Defense and Applied Security group Ben currently supports a large team of security professionals across a wide array of sub disciplines including Identity and Access Management, Vulnerability Analysis, Public Key Infrastructure, and perimeter security. Ben joined Optiv in 2019 to lead Optiv’s nascent Managed Identity Practice, where he helped develop and mature Optiv’s Privileged Access and Identity Governance managed service capabilities. He holds a Master of Science degree in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance from Western Governors University.