Ismael Valenzuela
Associate Professor
Vice President Threat Research & Intelligence at Arctic Wolf
Specialities
Cyber Defense, Offensive Operations
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About Ismael
With more than two decades of international cybersecurity experience, Ismael Valenzuela has helped governments, Fortune 500 companies, and critical infrastructure providers defend against some of the world’s most advanced adversaries. Today, as a Senior Instructor at SANS and author of SANS SEC530: Defensible Security Architecture and Engineering: Implementing Zero Trust for the Hybrid Enterprise, he channels those lessons into hands-on training for students worldwide. He also serves as Vice President of Labs, Threat Research & Intelligence at Arctic Wolf, where he leads detection engineering, intelligence, and security innovation for one of the largest commercial security operations centers (SOCs) in the world.
Press & Media
Recognitions
- YouTube: Security Weekly - Threat Researcher Insights: A Day with Ismael Valenzuela
- YouTube: Arctic Wolf Networks - Zero Assumptions: Expert Threat Intel Roundtable on Emerging Cybersecurity Threats - Arctic Wolf Networks
- DeepTech Times: Is the Internet Dead, or Just Different?
- The Hacker News: Assessing the Role of AI in Zero Trust
- RSAC 2025 Presentation: AI, Automation, & Threat Modeling: Lessons Learned from Hacking the Planet
- Dark Reading Confidential: The Day I Found an APT Group in the Most Unlikely Place
- YouTube: Unsupervised Learning - A Conversation With Ismael Valenzuela About AI and Threat Intelligence
- KO's Launchpad Podcast: "From Building Defenders to Commanding Cyber Labs: Ismael Valenzuela’s Journey"
- Dark Reading: Top 5 Mistakes Businesses Make When Implementing Zero Trust
- Forcepoint Podcast: "Cyber and Business are Becoming One with Ismael Valenzuela"