Barry Kouns is a security and risk management expert with over 25 years of experience in information security consulting, risk assessment and quality management. He formed and operates SQM Advisors, LLC an information security, risk assessment and IT service management firm that has led numerous organizations to ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification. Mr. Kouns co-founded Risk Based Security, Inc., a vulnerability intelligence and data breach analytics company, that was acquired by Flash Point in 2022.