Zero Trust & Risk Awareness.

Erick Ramos has spent the last 7 years in cybersecurity, backed by over 16 years of progressive sales experience. As a cybersecurity advisor focused on zero trust and risk awareness, he helps regulated organizations — across healthcare, finance, and SLED — stop implicitly trusting users, devices, and networks, and make clear-eyed decisions about the risks that matter most.

The perimeter no longer holds, and attackers increasingly log in rather than break in. A zero trust approach — verify explicitly, grant least privilege, assume breach — only works alongside risk awareness: knowing what is exposed, what is actually being exploited, and where people are the weakest link. That visibility is the starting point for continuous, unified exposure management.

A proud veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, Erick served during Operation Enduring Freedom in the aftermath of 9/11 as a Radio Operator specializing in communications security (COMSEC) and cryptographic codes — a foundation of discipline around verifying before trusting that still defines how he approaches security today.

Erick is an active member of the Cybersecurity Association (formerly the Cybersecurity Association of Maryland) and serves as a trusted Security and Risk Advisor to regional small and medium-sized businesses. He also publishes a weekly threat intelligence brief tracking CISA KEV additions and the defensive priorities that follow.

Alongside security, Erick builds with AI — using Claude Code, ChatGPT Codex, and other tools to develop applications and automate his own workflows. See AI & Automation.

Having led and mentored high-performing teams of Account Executives, Account Managers, and Sales Engineers, Erick translates complex risk and zero trust concepts for both technical and business stakeholders — turning findings into decisions leadership can act on.