Ian Redden
Security Product & Program Manager
- Greater Toronto Area, ON
- linkedin.com/in/iredden
Professional Summary
Security Product and Program Manager with 20+ years leading product, engineering, and cybersecurity initiatives for cloud-native and AI-enabled platforms. Expert in secure architecture, Kubernetes, and LLM technologies, delivering scalable data and integration platforms while enforcing zero-trust and privacy controls.
Employment History
Principal, Cyber Security / Product Manager
Thales · Remote, Canada- Led security product design and development for CyberNode, a shipboard SOC platform.
- Led product design for a Cyber Range platform at the National Digital Excellence Centre, expanding cybersecurity training capabilities.
- Defined and implemented cybersecurity strategy across application security, infrastructure security, and data protection.
- Developed security principles guiding secure architecture, engineering practices, and risk management across teams.
- Implemented a Cyber Range platform at the National Digital Excellence Centre, expanding cybersecurity training capabilities.
- Partnered with engineering teams to integrate threat intelligence and secure development practices into CI/CD.
Founder & Product Lead
Orcorus · Remote, Canada- Founded and architected a secure data marketplace platform enabling enterprises to safely expose data and APIs to AI systems and developer ecosystems.
- Designed a secure platform architecture using Docker Swarm.
- Implemented zero trust security principles including automated TLS, identity-based access control, and secure service mesh routing.
- Built security and privacy controls for AI-enabled data pipelines to support safe enterprise adoption of LLM technologies.
- Led product strategy and delivery across engineering, security, and partner ecosystems.
Director, CXtr 3rd Party Integrations
Cisco · Remote, Canada- Led product strategy and platform delivery for the SecureX integration ecosystem, enabling secure data exchange across enterprise security platforms.
- Scaled an integration platform consisting of 75+ vendors, supporting thousands of enterprise security users.
- Managed global engineering and security teams delivering integrations across a large-scale SaaS security platform.
- Implemented containerized development and testing pipelines using Docker and Kubernetes, reducing partner integration time from weeks to days.
- Oversaw a $5M platform program, driving adoption through developer tooling, automation, and partner enablement.
Principal Consultant
RSA · Remote, Canada- Led incident response, threat hunting, and digital forensics engagements across enterprise and government environments.
- Conducted red team operations, vulnerability assessments, and security architecture reviews for complex enterprise systems.
- Developed investigative playbooks and operational procedures used by forensic analysts and incident response teams.
- Partnered with product teams to translate real-world threat intelligence into new security platform capabilities.
- Delivered hands-on threat hunting and cybersecurity training programs across North America.
Forensics, Incident Response and Product Development
Various- KPMG: Led national cyber forensics team, built Cyber Lab, managed RFI/RFPs.
- Deloitte: Built Deloitte’s Cyber Threat Management Portal and contributed to CIRT.
- RIM/BlackBerry: Conducted forensic investigations and built custom tools for phone imaging and malware analysis.
- Scotiabank: Investigated insider threats and fraud, collaborated on security policy development.
Education
Product Management
MITAdvanced Diploma, Computer Security and Investigations
Sir Sandford Fleming CollegeAccreditations & Coursework
Skills
Additional Information
Sub-Committee Chair, Technical Advisory Committee
Amateur Radio Digital Council (ARDC)ARDC provides grants and funding to projects that advance amateur radio, digital communication technologies, and related education, research, and infrastructure.
Team Lead, Integrations & Analyst
Black Hat NOC TeamBlack Hat Network Operations Center (NOC) designs, builds, and operates the highly monitored network infrastructure that supports the Black Hat security conference.
Analyst
RSAC NOC TeamRSAC NOC designs, builds, and operates the highly monitored network infrastructure that supports the RSAC security conference.