James (Jim) Kinsman

Specializing in Cloud Security and Digital Identity, Jim has more than 25 years of information security experience and even more in consulting. Jim has Big 4 experience and has worked for some of the best-known technology firms in the world, such as Oracle, Sun, and AT&T. As a Managing Director at Protiviti, he also has a wealth technical expertise with roles as Lead Security Architect, Enterprise Architect, and Program Manager for clients such as AT&T, Coca-Cola, Delta, Verizon and the U.N. to name a few. With longtime experience working with telecom and large global entities, Jim is highly proficient at delivering highly scalable and operationally sound security services. Jim has spoken at a variety of conferences and seminars on topics such as Privileged Access, Governance and Risk and of course Identity, Access, and Directory Services. In addition to a CISSP, Jim holds a Forrester certification as a Zero Trust Strategist.

Major Projects

• Identity and Privileged Access - Verizon
• Managed Services – Verizon Connect (Ireland)
• Security Architecture and Infrastructure
  • Delivered what may the first of its kind global key management infrastructure for one of the world’s largest and oldest banks
• Cloud Security – Digital Identity
  • Managed the deliver and rollout of a 22 million user IAM platform for one of Canada’s largest retailers.
• Managed the deliver and rollout of a 15 million customer access portal used by one of the largest Energy companies in the Southeast

Areas of Expertise

• Cloud Security
• Digital Identity & Governance
• Zero Trust 

Industry Expertise

• Telecom/Media
• Retail
• HealthCare 

Education

• B.A Management - University of Phoenix 

Professional Memberships and Certifications

• CISSP
• Zero Trust Strategist – Forrester