Michael Coden, CISSPFounder

United States - New York City Metropolitan Area

Named in “The Top 50 Cybersecurity Leaders of 2021” and again in 2022 by The Consulting Report for my innovative contributions to cybersecurity, I advise Boards, CEOs, C-suites, and CISOs on IT, OT, and Product technology and cybersecurity strategy, implementation, and resilience. Currently I am CEO of DBOS, Inc. which is building a revolutionary cloud native operating system, a Senior Advisor to BCG, Associate Director of Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan, and Advisor to Safe Security Inc., The Decision Lab, and the USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative. I was formerly the Managing Director that built and led BCG's Technology and Cybersecurity Practice from 2016 through 2021. In 2014, I co-founded the Cybersecurity research consortium at MIT Sloan (http://cams.mit.edu) and continue to serve as Associate Director. I assisted the National Security Council in the NIST Cybersecurity Framework process receiving a letter of appreciation from the White House for my leadership. I also served as well as a Cybersecurity Advisor to SenaHill Partners.

Prior to BCG, I was the Vice President of NextNine Inc. (acquired by Honeywell), where I created and led the execution of the cyber security product and business strategy. I also created and managed the global partnerships with NextNine’s largest strategic customers, almost two dozen companies in the Fortune Global 1000, on five continents including: ABB, Allscripts, ARRIS, Honeywell, Motorola, Rockwell, Schneider Electric, Shell, Tokyo Electron, Yokogawa Electric, and others.

I began my career at HP, DEC, Maher Terminals and ExxonMobil. Afterwards, I was the founder and CEO of Codenoll (NASDAQ: CODN), eventually purchased by ADC Telecommunications, where I remained as Vice President of Marketing and CTO for Digital Broadband Communications for four years. Later, I founded Magjic LLC and consulted for several high-technology companies and venture-capital firms.

I am the author of 17 patents on network equipment, data protocols, cyber risk quantification, and fiber optic semiconductor devices. I have also authored numerous scholarly contributions and The Fiber Optic LAN Handbook with a circulation of 100,000 copies. I have also appeared on PBS Television and Bloomberg Radio discussing technology and cybersecurity.

Recipient of several industry awards, an (ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering at MIT, Master's in Business Administration from Columbia University, and a second Master's in Mathematics from NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.