Keyaan J. Williams is the Founder and Managing Director of CLASS-LLC, a professional services firm that delivers governance, risk, privacy, and cybersecurity solutions to critical industries and government agencies throughout the world. Prior to CLASS-LLC, he managed large security programs at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A founding member of the Private Directors Association Atlanta Chapter, he currently serves as the chair of the risk committee for a global non-profit and as a strategic advisor for other start-up and early-stage organizations. In addition to public speaking, his knowledge is documented in books and publications such as Modern Cybersecurity: Tales from the near-distant future, the Certified CISO Body of Knowledge, The Language of Cybersecurity, Using Security Metrics to Drive Action, CISO Magazine, the ISSA Journal, and the Crisis Response Journal.