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Principal consultant

Kyle O'Neill, CISSP

Kyle is a U.S. Army veteran and the principal consultant at JKLO Consulting. He brings more than a decade of experience in intelligence, security operations, and governance, risk, and compliance across the public and private sectors.

Kyle began his career in the Army as a signals intelligence analyst and Windows and Linux systems administrator, supporting joint operations and managing systems used for intelligence analysis. That experience shaped how he still approaches security today: understand the mission first, then protect what matters most to it.

After the Army, Kyle moved into cyber operations, leading analysts who hunted for threats across complex enterprise environments. He went on to lead a threat hunting and detection team that created and updated more than 300 detection rules aligned to the MITRE ATT&CK framework, and built a training program that helped analysts grow their careers and earn industry certifications, including the CISSP.

He then led security operations for a Fortune 100 customer and later managed a team of more than 17 security professionals providing 24/7/365 monitoring and incident response for multiple clients, while maintaining service-level adherence above 96%. In that role, he was the customer's primary contact during security incidents — the person who explained what happened, what it meant, and what to do next.

Today, Kyle focuses on governance, risk, and compliance. He leads internal and external security assessments against HITRUST, SOC 2, NIST SP 800-53, ISO 27001, and the CIS Controls; writes and maintains enterprise security policy; answers vendor and customer security questionnaires; and advises leadership on building security into projects from the start.

Kyle holds a Master of Science in Cybersecurity Management and Policy and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Networks and Cybersecurity from the University of Maryland Global Campus, along with the CISSP, SSCP, CompTIA CySA+, and Security+ certifications. He is currently pursuing the ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) certification.