Dr. Darren Death

Dr. Darren Death

Dr. Darren Death is an ICIT fellow. He has extensive experience in leading enterprise efforts to secure information systems, protect privacy, and govern the responsible use of AI in alignment with federal mandates and mission-driven priorities.

Vulnerability Management

Operating at the speed of the adversary

Dr. Darren DeathApril 27, 2026

Why AI-powered vulnerability discovery makes modernizing your security practices and policies mandatory.

Humanoid robots looking over a network map, trying to fill in blank spaces.

Vulnerability Management

AI vulnerability discovery and the case for systems security engineering

Dr. Darren DeathApril 20, 2026

Security can't be an afterthought in an age of AI-powered bug hunting.

Critical Infrastructure Security

Executing the RMF as an engineering discipline, not a paperwork exercise

Dr. Darren DeathOctober 27, 2025

The Risk Management Framework is intended to align engineering, operations, and governance with measurable control performance.

Security Architecture

The case for security-embedded architecture with continuous authorization

Dr. Darren DeathOctober 8, 2025

cATO closes the gap by requiring organizations to embed security requirements as core functional specifications from project initiation.