Overland Park, KS, Aug. 22, 2024 – PatientLock, headquartered in Overland Park, KS, announced that Brian Akino will lead its Offensive Security team. PatientLock, the brainchild of former EMR-industry executives and enterprise-grade cybersecurity talent, offers a broad range of cybersecurity technologies and advisory services to healthcare organizations (DBA JurisLock for law firms).

Akino will lead PatientLock’s Offensive Security team in its delivery of vulnerability assessments and penetration testing (VAPT) for various client environments, including conventional and cloud infrastructures.

A leader in the newly established Cyber Warfare Operations Squadron of the U.S. Air Force, Akino is a cybersecurity expert with over 15 years of experience in all domains of information security. Following six years as an active military member of the USAF, Akino continues to serve as a Cyberwarfare Operator in the Virginia Air National Guard and holds numerous cybersecurity and IT certifications, including CISSP, Security+, GCFA, CCNP, CCDP, and ITILv3, as well as high-level government security clearances and public trusts.

Since transitioning to the private sector, Akino has built and managed the cybersecurity program for a well-known Fortune 5 company, spent the better part of a decade driving cybersecurity initiatives for Cigna Corporation, and founded Absolute Cyber Defense, a specialty information security company focused on penetration testing, application assessments, CTF/Sales Labs, and IT regulatory compliance.

Akino graduated from Central Connecticut State University with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Technology Management.

About PatientLock

Designed to be a force multiplier to existing IT resources, PatientLock (DBA JurisLock for law firms) offers one of the most comprehensive Managed Detection and Response (MDR) cybersecurity platforms on the market today, delivered as a managed services model. Customer environments are monitored 24x7x365 by live, highly skilled security analysts in PatientLock’s Security Operations Centers (SOCs) who respond to and neutralize threats on a customer’s behalf.

PatientLock utilizes world-class and integrated cybersecurity technologies like DARPA-born XDR, SentinelOne’s Singularity Complete for endpoint protection, CODA Intelligence for continuous attack surface and vulnerability management, next-generation email protection services, Dark Web Monitoring for monitoring compromised credentials on the Dark Web, and KnowBe4 for security awareness training and phishing testing. PatientLock’s unique combination of technology and services dramatically reduces cyber risk, drives regulatory compliance, and satisfies cyber insurance requirements.

For more information, visit: www.PatientLock.net