The publication covers twelve technical and leadership pillars. The personal writing draws from five domains. Every post lives somewhere on this map.
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Where the stories come from: building programs from nothing, the translation act itself, the human side of leading, compliance as trust, and a path that ran Air Force → teaching → IT → consultancy → MSSP leadership.
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Ciber Cazadora · The person behind the newsletter
I don't inherit security programs. I build them.
Then I translate them so the people who fund security understand what they bought. Director of Information Security. USAF veteran. CISSP. Founder of Security Translated.
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Major audit findings (SOC 2, HIPAA, NIST 800-171)
13+
Years in IT & security
300+
Global clients trusting the program
253%
Company growth while a 2-person team held the line
The short version
Six years active duty in the U.S. Air Force taught me that security is operational; there's no room for "good enough." Since then: built security programs from scratch more than once, taught ethical hacking and digital forensics at three universities for a decade, founded a consultancy in Hawai'i, and now run security end-to-end at an MSSP through 253% growth with a two-person team and no outside consultants. "Ciber Cazadora" means cyber huntress. I don't wait for threats to find me.
Full AI RMF implementation with prompt injection defenses (canary tokens, instruction hierarchy, dual-LLM sanitization). Identity-based home network access: no VPNs, no exposed ports.
In progress
Where I've been
2023 – Present
Director of Information Security
Lumifi Cyber
Own the program end-to-end across hybrid AWS/Azure serving 300+ global clients. Built SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA, and NIST 800-171 compliance from zero with zero major findings. Cut unnecessary privileged access by 96%. Two people, no consultants, 253% company growth.
2023 – 2024
Sr. IT Security Engineer
Lumifi Cyber
Promoted to Director within a year. Built the first vulnerability management program, authored 37 policies mapped to SOC 2/NIST/HIPAA, embedded SAST/DAST into CI/CD, and cut critical production vulnerabilities by 38%.
2013 – 2023
Cybersecurity Professor
Three universities, concurrent
Taught ethical hacking, digital forensics, Python, and CCNA for ten years. Built hands-on labs on AWS Workspaces and VMware. 2015 Instructor Excellence Award; led NSF grant-funded cyber cohorts.
2018 – 2023
Computer Systems Engineer
Education sector
Owned IT strategy and security for 750 users. Azure migration, 70% uptime improvement, malware incidents cut in half, compliance across HIPAA, PCI, GDPR, and COPPA.
2019 – 2021
Founding Owner
Lana'i Computer LLC
Built a consultancy from the ground up. Pen tests for healthcare, legal, and retail clients; HIPAA-compliant infrastructure for a nonprofit healthcare org. Clients across the Hawaiian Islands and nationwide.
2000 – 2006
Staff Sergeant (E-5)
U.S. Air Force, Active Duty
Six years with Secret clearance. Directed 30+ complex operations with zero safety failures. Two Air Force Achievement Medals, an Outstanding Unit Award, and a Humanitarian Service Medal.
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