Curtis Dukes

Curtis (Curt) Dukes is the Executive Vice President for Security Best Practices at the Center for Internet Security (CIS). CIS is headquartered in Albany, NY, with an office in Washington, DC. As EVP, Curt leads the development of security best practices for protecting IT systems. CIS’ two primary products: Security benchmarks and the critical security controls, are global industry best practices endorsed by leading IT security vendors and governing bodies.

In his prior role, Curt led the Information Assurance mission at the National Security Agency. He was charged with the security of National Security Systems, which include systems that handle classified information or are otherwise critical to the military and intelligence activities.

Curt is an avid speaker at both national and international cybersecurity events and serves on a number of advisory boards.