Zakery Stufflebeam

Zakery Stufflebeam is a Director of Cybersecurity, SOC Operations at a publicly traded insurance company serving first responders, educators, and regulated financial and healthcare markets. He leads incident response, detection engineering, and operational strategy for a tierless security operations center, overseeing internal analysts alongside a 24/7 managed detection and response partner.

Zakery is a leader in the USAF as well as a cybersecurity officer,  where he leads innovations for cybersecurity strategic mission development. Zakery trains and teaches the next generation of cybersecurity Air National Guard members to prepare for new threats.

With experience across both offensive and defensive security, Zakery brings a practitioner’s mindset to building resilient, real-world security operations. He has designed and scaled multiple SOCs, led complex investigations involving ransomware, identity compromise, and data exfiltration, and consistently focuses on reducing risk through visibility, automation, and disciplined process rather than excessive tooling. His technical expertise spans SIEM and SOAR platforms, EDR, identity systems, email and DNS security, and data protection technologies, enabling him to convert threat intelligence into actionable detection and response workflows.