Derek Fisher has roughly 30 years of cybersecurity and engineering experience. Derek has worked in industries such as financial, healthcare, military, and commercial over his decades in hardware, software, and cybersecurity engineering.

Derek is the author of several books including a children's book series on cybersecurity called Alicia Connected, and the Application Security Program Handbook. His SubStack and YouTube channel continue to contribute to the cybersecurity community.

Derek serves as an advisor to Temple University's Cyber DIA program as well as an adjunct professor where he teaches software security to both graduate and undergraduate students.

Derek is a regular speaker, panelist, and commentator on a wide range of topics, including product security, vulnerability management, threat modeling, DevSecOps, and cybersecurity career development.

Derek is passionate about integrating cybersecurity at the grassroots level by finding partnerships, working with peers and lifting up the next generation of cybersecurity professionals.