Randy Esser

Randy Esser is an Adjunct Professor of Cybersecurity at Capitol Technology University, where he has taught for over 20 years. He specializes in vulnerability mitigation, host security, cryptography, and incident response, having developed courses in these areas. Prior to academia, he served in the U.S. Air Force Intelligence and completed an NSA tour. His career spans cybersecurity industry roles in customer-focused sales and success engineering for tool and service vendors, ranging from startups to large enterprises.

Randy is currently pursuing a PhD in cybersecurity, focusing on the protection of critical infrastructure operational technology (OT). His research addresses safeguarding industrial systems and infrastructure against cyber threats. He combines practical industry experience with academic rigor to advance cybersecurity practices.

No scientific awards or grants are explicitly mentioned in the provided text. His professional narrative emphasizes teaching, industry collaboration, and cutting-edge research in OT cybersecurity.